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Gary.N wrote:There is a pot of Pearls for this years project.
Wow! That must be phenomenally satisfying! How many did you have in there?

PS - nice to see the Small PBF out too - they should have a good flight season this year what with the unusually balmy weather.
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Very satisfying David. We had about 20 in each pot.
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Time for a quick catch on on my diary. There's just not enough hours in the week. Specially when you have Pearls. :D

20th May 2018
Transect day. It was a bit of a quiet one butterfly wise but still got a few shots.
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21th May 2018
I meet up with the rest of the Fritillary for the future Project crew at Rowlands on my way home from work. We found a few Small Pearls which was a good omen for the coming weeks and Neil found a good place to watch them go to roast for the night. I also found a nice Common Blue :D .
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25th May 2018
James and I meet up at Abbot's to see if we could find any Small Pearls. It was a bit cloudy so didn't find many Butterflies but there were other things make Dragonflies to keep us amused. Right until we were going to call it a day at 5 o'clock. When we found this nice freshly hatched Small Pearl. I think she is Ab.infraclara.
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27th May 2018
Transect Day. I took my egg lens to see if I could find a Dingy Skipper egg. 15 minutes on the Gallops and I found a Dingy laying eggs. I had been looking for one for about 2 years. I also saw my first Adonis Blue as I was leaving the Gallops on my way home.
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28th May 2018

A trip to Martin Down was on order for the day. I haven't seen a Marsh Fritillary for sometime so I decide a few day back to go.It was a bit cloudy but there were butterflies. While I was photographing I bump into the 2 Marsh Fritillary recorders for Martin Down (If someone knows there name could you please let me know as I did catch there's). They continued on their count and as I was following after them, a few minutes later they called to me. They had a very nice ab. But when I got there it had disappear. 15-20 minutes of searching and we found it again. So thanks to them I have a nice shot of a Marsh ad. Thankyou. Later on my way back to the car I found a Marsh Frit laying eggs. It was a good end to a good day.
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They're looking nice and fresh and that ab. is very eye catching! Nice find with the ovipositing one too :)
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2nd June 2018

It was a today very spend counting and watching Small Pearls at Rowlands. I just cannot beat it. :D
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3rd June 2018
Transect Day. It always comes around fast. It is a good job too. I love it up there.
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bugboy wrote:They're looking nice and fresh and that ab. is very eye catching! Nice find with the ovipositing one too :)
Thanks Bugboy.
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Great set of Small Pearl shots, particularly fine Brown Argus and a stunning Marsh ab - brilliant to see :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Have a goodun

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9th June 2018

I went on the BC walk at Rowlands Wood to see the Pearls and to see a man who let slip about a new addition to the Sussex butterfly landscape. The walk went well and we saw a lot of Small Pearls. I found a Ringlet and later a White Admiral. Then Neil and I saw the nice Small Pearls Ab. I spent a time watching and photographing her and well after the walk had finished. But the time come to leave her and head to Ditchling Common with Neil to see the Black Hairstreak. Can anyone tell me if the is another county where you can see Small Pearls and Black Hairstreaks in one day? So thankyou David Cook for finding them and Neil for showing me them. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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10th June 2018
Couldn't resist more BlackStreaks. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Those Marshies from Martin Down look terrific, Gary, especially the ab, though some of the others are beautifully marked too. :)

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Wurzel wrote:Great set of Small Pearl shots, particularly fine Brown Argus and a stunning Marsh ab - brilliant to see :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Have a goodun

Wurzel
Thanks Wurzel. I missed getting a photo of the Brown Argus in the morning but found it again on my way back from the transect. :D
millerd wrote:Those Marshies from Martin Down look terrific, Gary, especially the ab, though some of the others are beautifully marked too. :)

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Thanks Dave, I cannot believe I got to see that Ab. :D
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That's a fabulous spectrum of species you've posted lately, Gary. First of all, congratulations with the SPBF project and you fully earned that abnormally dark aberrant you captured in your previous post.

Even more impressive is the melanistic Marsh Frit from the prior post. That's one hell of a specimen!
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Thanks David, I have been lucky with so many butterflies this season. I just cannot believe it. I know it cannot get any better then it has already been so far this year. But I hope it continues. :D
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Tonight I stopped off at Rowlands just to see what I could find and for starters I didn't find a Small Pearl. But it was getting cloudy. I did find 2 White Admirals and a Ringlets. Some Meadow Browns and Common Blues. Finally a Large Skipper and Small Heath. A good way to start the weekend. :D
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Your White Admiral looks beautifully fresh, Gary - and I love your Blackstreaks from the previous post!
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You said things couldn't get better, Gary, but that gleamingly fresh White Admiral immediately makes me question that hypothesis!!
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Thanks Janet, The White Admiral was nice and fresh.

David, I think you are right that I am going to have to rethink that hypothesis. Specially because of my next post. :P
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16th June 2018

I had decide on Friday night to go to East Blean Wood Saturday morning to see the Heath Frits. It was my last chance to see them this year and I have missed them for the past few years. The weather forecast was not good. Cloud, cloud and more cloud and if you are extremely luck a glint of sunshine to tease you. So I headed out 7am Saturday morning under cloudy skies hoping to find one or two roosting. 2 Hours later under still cloudy skies I got there. Got out of the car and found one just about flying in the car park. Yes, I have see one I thought too myself. Started to walk around and found 2 more just sitting there down one of the rides. It was to easy even with the cloud. Then a miracle happened the sun came out to play and so did all the Heath Frits. And for more than just 5 minutes that was forecast. It was an exceptional day there and I would like to thank all volunteers who's hard work is clearly paying dividends. :D :D :D
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Just as I was heading back to the car I found this very nice Heath Frit Ab. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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A fantastic set of shots Gary and then topped of by the amazing looking ab :shock: :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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That's a mighty fine ab! :mrgreen:
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