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Sunday 6 May 2018

Another Butterfly Shoot

Another butterfly shoot. 
This time I went to a location where I would normally expect to find the Green Hairstreak and sure enough I found two vying for position on a Hawthorn bush. The beginning of May is a good time to find this species.






Three emerging species from hibernation below.

This Peacock below was enjoying the sun perched on a fallen tree trunk.




This Comma below was flying to and fro along a woodland track and pitching occasionally.


The male Brimstone rarely pitches for long at this time of the year, apart from feeding.



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17 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 May 2018 at 08:17

    Perhoset ovat kauniita :)

    - Ronja -

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  2. Maria Rodrigues6 May 2018 at 16:18

    What incredible pictures, they are all wonderful.
    Many greetings
    Maria
    Divagar Sobre Tudo um Pouco

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  3. Amanda Peters8 May 2018 at 17:31

    Lovely.. so nice to have the butterflies back.
    Amanda xx

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  4. Ana Mínguez Corella8 May 2018 at 19:50

    Hi Roy!!!.. gorgeous photos !! Congrats

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  5. Caroline Gill9 May 2018 at 13:51

    Thank you for the Green Hairstreak tip-off: I must visit our local patch where we have found them before. Lovely photos!

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    1. Roy Norris10 May 2018 at 19:31

      Thanks Caroline. I have seen them in two new places now this year as well as the normal.

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  6. Belén Menéndez Solar9 May 2018 at 19:05

    ¡Que placer volver a verlas, Roy!. La primavera se resiste a quedarse de lleno por estas latitudes, esperemos que pronto podamos verlas a montones. Un fuerte abrazo desde Asturias.

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    1. Roy Norris10 May 2018 at 19:30

      Gracias querido Belén.
      Mariposas por fin.

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  7. Helma9 May 2018 at 20:02

    Beautiful pictures of the little green butterfly.
    I saw this beautiful butterfly last Monday as well.
    Your photos are really great.
    Which macrolens do you use?

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    1. Roy Norris10 May 2018 at 19:27

      Thanks Helma, some of the shots were taken with an Olympus 60mm Macro lens and some with an Olympus 40-150mm pro lens.

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    2. Helma13 May 2018 at 20:31

      Thank you for your explanation :-)

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  8. Unknown22 May 2018 at 07:26

    Gorgeous butterfly shots! We haven't had that many butterflies yet.

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    1. Roy Norris22 May 2018 at 13:51

      Thanks Gunilla.
      The improvement in weather has helped here.

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