After an indifferent Odonata day yesterday, today I decided to go after butterflies. I knew that Prestbury Hill was likely to be busy on a warm spring Saturday, and it was, but happily it was teeming with butterflies as well … Continued
A trip to Prestbury Hill this morning improved my butterfly list for the year by six species, of which this was the most spectacular, and least expected. It hadn’t crossed my mind that the Marsh Fritillaries might be out yet, … Continued
“Good morning!” “Morning.” “Have you seen any Marsh Frits?” “Yes, two. Up there, on the ridge, feeding on buttercups on the far side of the path.” “Wonderful! That’s really helpful – thank you!” “You’re welcome.” Five minutes later: OK… so… … Continued
Don’t worry – I’m not about to sing. So, I’d been planning a trip to Prestbury Hill today, after small early butterflies. The morning dawned cold and cloudy, which wasn’t what I was expecting, and overnight the weather forecast had … Continued
Child One has now finished animating her film, and has promptly switched all the energy that has been going into work towards planning for The Wedding. As we’re not a family much given to phoning each other, the three long … Continued
To be fair, it wasn’t just this Green Hairstreak that was uncooperative today: almost everything I tried to photograph turned out to have different plans. It’s telling that although I had the macro with me I was never able to … Continued
“You’ve been having that conversation with yourself for a good ten minutes now!” said R. Actually, it was more like an hour. Stay in or go out? Cheltenham or somewhere else? Too early for Green Hairstreaks at such a high … Continued
