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What a beauty! Hardly seen any butterflies at all down here on the IoW, though lots of bees.
I saw a few yesterday in my garden (peacock, orange tip and speckled wood), and saw my first small tortoiseshell the other day down at a local meadow. Not so many bees though… you obviously have all my bees and I have your butterflies!
Hi Jane
Great photo, I don’t think I have ever seen one of those butterflies. Its raining today, so not quite as many insects as there were yesterday, but bees have been buzzing everywhere in our garden this week,
Joe
Yes, raining here as well today. Where are my bees then? I’ve set them up with a lovely mason bee drilled-hole log but “nothing”. All the butterflies must be scaring them!
Spectacular Macro shots, the details are incredible and the colors so beautifully saturated
Thanks. I was really pleased with them. The first time I’ve photographed this lovely butterfly.
Indeed, snapping looking lepidopteron!
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
Will have to look out for this one as not seen it before. Great photo.
Chris
Thanks sis. You should have them near you as well. Watch out for them on your walks up the drove.
As ever, great pics Jane! Your next challenge is to get some Holly Blue pics! (and I know you will as well – and just as fantastic!)
Well, if the weather cheers up over the weekend you never know! Plenty of holly and ivy in my garden. I think I saw one last year (only one!). However, if you see one you can always start your own flickr account and then add it to our Dorset Wildlife Trust Photography group… http://www.flickr.com/groups/dorsetwildlifetrust/
Stunning pictures Jane
Still waiting to see my first orange tip!
You’ll see one Tricia, I know you will!
they weren’t posing for me today! its a good shot. loads and loads of brimstones!
Good news that you have loads of brimstones. I didn’t see a single butterfly today.. just toooooo wet!
My wildlife just isn’t as well behaved as yours. The best things to photograph come along when my hands are caked in soil and mud. Lovely Green-veine White fltting around yesterday. While clearing away lots of old stems and seed heads from last years Golden Rod I found a lot of Banded Snails so decided to go back to student days (3 decades ago!) and record species and the numbers of each with different colours and numbers of bands. The Open University is doing a nationwide project on this. Snails don’t move nearly so fast so it’s easy! Have aa look at http://www.evolutionmegalab.org and start counting them – they are delightful little things and come in yellow, pink and brown – just the thing for a day when the chocaholics are out in the garden hunting easter eggs!
Happy Easter and happy hunting!
Oh believe me, my wildlife is very badly behaved. I just take lots of photos and cross my fingers.
Good to hear that you have been going back to your college days and counting/recording snails. Bit like recording trees, they don’t move much either!
Happy Easter. Jane x
Spotted an Orange tip today in a Hull city centre churchyard.
A real surprise, I can’t remember the last time I saw one, must be years ago.
That’s brilliant news Chris. Always love to hear about wildlife in urban places. All strength to the little orange tip hope he find a mate in the churchyard.
Saw my first ever Orange Tip (male) today (at the age of 63) on a dandelion clock in my garden. It flew off as I got a closer look but a few minutes later came back and landed on the same plant. Have had to find out what it was from websites.
Never ever too late to see your first orange tip! Never to late to see any wildlife in my opinion. I’ve just got my 84 year old mum interested. She phoned me the other night really excited as she’d just seen her first ever bee-fly!
i love them
Thanks. I love em too!