chaz Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I was up at Magdalen Hill Down yesterday and there were lots of marbled whites about. Here's one from the archives to celebrate. Chaz 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2017 just spotted this on tinterweb... Big Butterfly Count 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Numbers of this species are worryingly down.... This snap was taken in 2013. I have seen just a few this year, probably not into double figures yet. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) Here's a couple of snaps for you Phil'. It's been well over a year since I have seen a small copper - I do hope they are not going to join their larger cousins in oblivion. Chaz Edited July 9, 2017 by chaz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted July 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2017 Talking of small coppers this is a South Devon one, August 2013. I was out earlier walking the hedgerows plenty about butterfly wise, but no photos as daughter 1 has borrowed my new camera. Ringlets, speckled woods, a couple of red admirals, meadow browns but identification difficult without photos of all seen. Neil 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) From my archive - a moth... ...every bit as gorgeous as many butterflies? Edited July 12, 2017 by chaz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) From a walk over the weekend at Arundel Park Caterpillar, but not sure which one. (White Ermine Moth?) Gatekeeper Speckled Wood Comma Brimstone? Quite a few Tortoiseshells & Red Admirals as well (No good photo's) Edited July 12, 2017 by Shadow 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 I usually post a snap of something beautiful but how about something bizarre for a change? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 I know this isn't going to sound that big a deal to some (and I didn't get a photograph) but we had a nuthatch visit the peanut feeder in our garden. It's colours were muted and not well defined so I think it was a juvenile bird. Only the second nuthatch we have ever had. Chaz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 15, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2017 Thanks for the small copper shots gentlemen....a lovely butterfly Was up in Yorkshire last week - plenty of Red Admirals up there, also meadow browns and speckled woods Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) Back out training again today for my charity walk in August and ended up back on the Arundel Castle Estate. Saw the following (amongst lots of other) and thought at the time that they were the same, however, when looking it appears to be two different types of Fritillary. First one I'm not sure about. Second is, I think, a Silver Washed Fritillary. First Second Edited to get them the right way around!! Edited July 16, 2017 by Shadow 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Anyone have any idea what the first one is? About 2-3" across, on brambles alongside a wide path\track going through woodland. Fairly open wood, deciduous trees. Possibly a Dark Green Fritillary, but they are supposed to be smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Anyone have any idea what the first one is? About 2-3" across, on brambles alongside a wide path\track going through woodland. Fairly open wood, deciduous trees. Possibly a Dark Green Fritillary, but they are supposed to be smaller. I'd say it is a female silver-washed fritillary, darker than the male and without the sex mark on the fore wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 How did such a beautifully subtle insect get to be called a dingy skipper? Chaz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 DSC_7372-1.jpg How did such a beautifully subtle insect get to be called a dingy skipper? Chaz Maybe it should have been called a dinghy skipper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Maybe it should have been called a dinghy skipper! A dinghy (or dingey) is a type of small boat, often carried or towed for use as a ship's boat by a larger vessel. The term is a loanwordfrom the Bengali ḍiṅgi, Urdu ḍīngī& Hindi ḍieṁgī.[1][Note 1] Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor, but while some are rigged for sailing, they are not to be confused with sailing dinghies which are designed first and foremost for this purpose. Erm.........I don't...........errrr.....hang on........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Not sure if this should be in this thread or the old buses thread.... . Comma in Cornwall. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Another snap from my archives... Taken in Suffolk in early May. Chaz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Whilst out on a walk earlier, so this. Not seen one before Wall butterfly. Also these 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Whilst out on a walk earlier, so this. Not seen one before Wall butterfly. DSC01228 (1).JPG DSC01258 (1).JPG Also these DSC01231.JPG DSC01242.JPG DSC01244.JPG DSC01245.JPG Very good shots of the wall. Where did you see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Out for a walk by the Thames with my daughters and this beauty landed on my daughters leg! It crawled onto my offered hand, posed for a picture then flew onto a nearby bramble bush where it was promptly joined by another! It's a Jersey tiger moth and had the most striking red colouring on its wings when it flew . There was a staggering amount of varied butterfly's over there from chalk blues and commons to peacocks and red admirals. Wonderful to see. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Very good shots of the wall. Where did you see it? Two places, on the South Downs just SW of Steyning, and on the other side of the Adur, near Upper Beeding. There were quite a few but thought they were Fritillaries of some sort until I got home and looked at the photo's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Two places, on the South Downs just SW of Steyning, and on the other side of the Adur, near Upper Beeding. There were quite a few but thought they were Fritillaries of some sort until I got home and looked at the photo's! Nice to hear that there quite a few about - they are getting quite scarce and would be a sad loss. Chaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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