Glanville Fritillary - Favourite Photo of 2011

[celery]

A thread in which to post your favourite photo(s) taken in 2011 of Glanville Fritillary.

Details of places, dates, times and circumstances also appreciated. Feel free to contribute observations of behaviour, personal encounters, anecdotes, anything really... you know the score by now

[Rogerdodge]

Taken in the south of France in April this year.
A beautiful reminder of an excellent trip.

[marmari]

That is an excellent photo,Roger and it will be very hard to get a better one.
My favourite are these as this individual was one of the first to appear on the Isle of Wight this year,24th April at Wheelers Bay just a short walk along the coast from Ventnor.it was a lovely warm sunny day just right for these beauties.

[Ian Pratt]

Seen on the Isle of Wight in late April at Bonchurch.

[Wurzel]

I'm not sure if I can say where I took my favourite photo of Glanville Fritillary - it was on the mainland UK, not Sand Point or the release site at Wrecclesham but somewhere else...
When I did find them at this undisclosed site they semed to behave like their coastal habitat - they'd come and go almost like the tides.

For my money the most attractive under wing of all the fritillaries

Have a goodun

Wurzel

[millerd]

For my money the most attractive under wing of all the fritillaries

Wurzel

I have to agree. It was a real treat to be able to see this species at Wrecclesham on 25th May (whatever the rights and wrongs of that are!).

Here are a couple from there, which I keep going back to. Sitting immobile on a flowering head of plantain, they effectively disappear at a distance. Another example of excellent camoflage.

Dave

[Nick Broomer]

This is my favourite picture, its not anywhere as good as the photo`s above. But the poor thing looks in shock having seen me, and seems to be saying," what the hell is that".

[Reverdin]

Another late April image from the Var.....

heady days indeed

[Michaeljf]

I've still to see Glanville Fritillaries in this country, but I made up for this by seeing plenty in Cevennes (France) at the end of May. This one isn't the best photo I got but it was different due to the Glanville taking shelter during cloud on one of the many Broom Bushes. I had trouble at the start of the week when there were also a lot of Provincal Fritillaries about, but by the end of the week I was a lot quicker at ID'ing both.

Michael

[Vince Massimo]

I was in the middle of planning trips to either Bonchurch IOW or Sand Point when news of the Wrecclesham site broke, so on 19th May, I went down to see what all the fuss was about. The first sight that greeted me was Pete Eeles and I later to met Mark Colvin

Lots of fresh Glanvilles to choose from, so a good day all round

Glanville Fritillary - Wrecclesham, Surrey 19-May-11

Vince

[Pete Eeles]

The first sight that greeted me was Pete Eeles ...

That must have been the highlight of your year

I hope things picked up considerably after that

Cheers,

- Pete

[Vince Massimo]

That must have been the highlight of your year

............or the highlight of yours

Cheers,
Vince

[Ian Pratt]

New species Eeles massimo?