Silver-studded Blue, Iping Common. Monday, 26 August 2013. Update on 2013 Butterfly Season. On August 25th however, things got even better! So my total number of species for this year is 45.

There is a feather floating like an exquisite hovercraft over the balcony tiles this morning. Its beauty and its engineering tell me of its Grand Creator, Jehovah of armies. And it also reminds me of a poem - Browning? That I am now going to see if I can find online. And, yes, there it is. I crossed a moor, with a name of its own. And a certain use in the world no doubt,.

Red Veins and Red Eyes. I was nearby again on Friday so I planned another attempt to see if I could tempt it onto a nicer perch. This was not to be though as Eastbourne had monsoon type weather on the Thursday which resulted in the area where I wanted to be being under 18 inches of water! Red-eyed Damselflies in tandem.

Is the largest Hairstreak to be found in the British Isles. It is a local species that exists in self-contained colonies that breed in the same area season after season. Despite this, it can prove extremely elusive, since it spends much of its time resting and basking high up in tall trees and shrubs. Which flies at the same time. Is also often mistaken for betulae.

So this is me, trying. Monday, 9 January 2017. The key to the Panellus.