3 days of sunshine & Butterflies galore. Well, not really but we did see 3 Brimstones a Red Admiral & a Peacock. I did get a shot of the Brimstone flying, but I think trying to photograph Butterflies in flight is one of the first signs of madness. Anyway, it's high time I started this thread.
This is the link to last years thread https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196195/beautiful-butterflies-2018/1219455#1219455
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
A Large Skipper
And against the light to show off those wing markings which are normally difficult to see. It's striking how dark the scent glands go
One of the commoner butterflies but perhaps not one of the easiest to get close to, so I was quite pleased to get this Meadow Brown.
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Unknown said:Yep, excellent photos of the E. Skipper. I think I'd mistake them for Small Skippers (especially females without scent glands) but luckily(???) they don't come this far north.
Thanks Nigel. The main difference is the the very end face of the antennae that are black on the Essex Skipper & Orange on the Small Skipper, like this one,
Although this one can also be id by it's scent gland, but useful for females.
Great photos by everyone, I haven't been out much lately as we had a mini heat wave, but it's going now, thank goodness!
Hazel C said:I haven't been out much lately as we had a mini heat wave
I was wondering how you were surviving, Hazel. I guess being in the west you may have escaped the worst of it. We are expecting a brief blast of it tomorrow but nothing like the rest of Europe has been experiencing. Then it's back to normal.
Gorgeous photos of the Skipper , Nigel.
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Tony
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Nice selection of butterflies, Terry. Not sure what your blue one is. It's almost like a Holly Blue but the absence of any white or black fringing is a puzzle. Maybe Noisette can offer an ID.
I thought Terrys first butterfly, the blue, was a Common blue. His white may be a Small White, but it's a bit faded! The skipper is a Large one!
We went up to 38,5 according to our records but the hot nights were very tricky, about 30°C at bedtime!
turboman said:
Not Sure
This is the one I was referring to. It looks blue on my screen. LOL