RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 16, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2022 Holly blues out today …. Two so far. All is good with the world…. Well here in Gloucestershire any way 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Saw our first butterfly in the garden today, a Peacock 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Quite a few around in Essex, saw my first Orange Tip yesterday, they're a bit too fast to get a picture! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted April 22, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2022 Small blue seen yesterday down here. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted April 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2022 14 hours ago, tigerburnie said: Saw our first butterfly in the garden today, a Peacock That's a bird. (sorry, I'll get my coat!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 2, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2022 Looked out of bedroom window this morning and there was an African migrant on the front drive! Always a wonderful sight and definitely first I have seen this year…. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted June 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2022 Technically O/T, but perhaps of interest to those in the UK - I'm just watching Tuesday night's Natural World - Butterflies, A Very British Obsession (BBC4), a repeat from 2011. Should be available on iplayer for a while. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted June 15, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) Perhaps deserving it’s own thread - Moths are out - however my moth identification skills obviously inferior to British butterflies. A scarlet tiger moth (never heard of it before) taken on my regular dog walk earlier in the week. Edited June 15, 2022 by Downendian Cropped image 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR traction instructor Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 A few recent Nantwich area hawk moths courtesy of Dawn’s dad: Small elephant, elephant and lime… BeRTIe 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR traction instructor Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 …and a peppered moth for good measure… BeRTIe 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Visited Sandwich bay at the weekend, plenty of Butterflies about and my first sighting of a Marbled white, they had a good night Moth Trapping too. 😃 Poplar Hawk Moth. Scorched Wing Moth. Not sure what Skipper this is. Marbled White and Meadow Brown (I think!) Tortoiseshell. Another Skipper, not sure which one.. Edited June 22, 2022 by sb67 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted June 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2022 Nice pics, enough to prompt me to dig out some of my reference books. For the "not sure", I guess a small skipper - the distinguishing features of the similar essex skipper are "probably smaller" and "underside tips of antennae are black". For the "another skipper", if it was bigger I would guess a large skipper, if not then probably small skipper or essex skipper. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 2 hours ago, zarniwhoop said: Nice pics, enough to prompt me to dig out some of my reference books. For the "not sure", I guess a small skipper - the distinguishing features of the similar essex skipper are "probably smaller" and "underside tips of antennae are black". For the "another skipper", if it was bigger I would guess a large skipper, if not then probably small skipper or essex skipper. Thank you, I can never tell the difference with the Skippers, especially when they don't land for very long! I was lucky to get those photo's! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I went for a walk over my local park yesterday and there were so many Skippers and Meadow Brown around, very unusually not one other butterfly! Can any one tell me if the plant the Skipper is on is Yellow Rattle? I need to collect some seeds! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted June 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, sb67 said: I went for a walk over my local park yesterday and there were so many Skippers and Meadow Brown around, very unusually not one other butterfly! Can any one tell me if the plant the Skipper is on is Yellow Rattle? I need to collect some seeds! that is one of the trefoils this is yellow rattle John 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Searle Posted June 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) A Black White Admiral on Epsom Common on Monday Edited July 6, 2022 by Dave Searle Confusion over correct (colour) name of butterfly 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 @jbqfc Thank you John 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Searle Posted July 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2022 A selection of butterflies (that stayed still long enough to photograph) from a walk round Horton Country Park in Epsom this morning. Speckled Wood Small Copper Small Heath Marbled White A skipper (Small or Essex) Another Skipper (Essex?) Gatekeeper Another Gatekeeper Ringlet Cheers, Dave 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted July 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2022 From today's grauniad, large tortoiseshells at Knepp (and a couple of other places). https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/08/officially-extinct-butterfly-large-tortoiseshell-making-a-comeback-in-uk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitpw Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Dave Searle said: A selection of butterflies (that stayed still long enough to photograph) from a walk round Horton Country Park ...glorious photos: thank you for posting! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted July 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2022 Again, I can't provide my own pics (don't get out much now), but for anyone else in sussex who is interested, there are current and historic sightings on the website of the local branch of Butterfly Conservation: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 We have a lot of Ringlet butterflies on the edge of the village near the tattie fields, never seen so many before. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Until this summer, I'd never seen a marbled white - once I'd seen one, I saw plenty. Most of the others I see remain unidentified as they don't stay still long enough. Perhaps I should have my phone ready when I next do my regular walk back from dropping the car for Mrs Lurker to use later in the day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 A nice selection of Butterflies seen over Belfairs Woods, Essex last weekend. There were also Purple Emperors around but we couldn't find them. First time I've seen White Admirals and a Heath Fritillary. A very fresh Comma. White Admiral. Essex Skipper ( I think!) Lime Hawk Moth. Heath Fritillary. White Admiral. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR traction instructor Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) A likely Meadow Brown on our Seathwaite Dunnerdale lakeland walk today… BeRTIe Edited July 16, 2022 by BR traction instructor 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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