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The table below indicates by date order significant updates to this website during the last 6 months, including blog entries, so you can see at a glance if it has been changed since your last visit. Minor amendments are not included.

24 August 2008

 Blog entry - "Electric Blue & Silver Add A Little Sparkle To Fading Season." 4 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

22 August 2008

 Blog entry - "Brown Hairstreak Keeping Their Distance At Shipton Bellinger." 2 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery (long range shots so not my best quality!). 

15 August 2008

 Blog entry - "Silver Spotted Skipper & Adonis Flying At OWH But Disapointing Butterfly Numbers Overall." 3 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery

10 August 2008

 Blog entry - "Brown Hairstreak Hard To Find - Especilly Females!" 2 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

7 August 2008

 Blog entry - "Scotch Argus In The Scottish Borders". 3 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

2 August 2008

 Blog entry - "All Of Hampshire's Species Now Emerged But Still Plenty Of Interest During August". 2 additional photos (taken during July) posted to Recent Photos Gallery

30 July 2008

 Blog entry - "Small Brown Butterfly Stands Out From The Crowd!" 2 Photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

25 July 2008

1) Blog entry - "Summer Finally Arrives With 14 Species Recorded At Beacon Hill". 4 Photos of Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Skipper and Brown Argus posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

2) Earlier photos in Recent Photos Gallery transferred to 2008 Midsummer Gallery in Photo Archive.

23 July 2008

 Blog entry - "Take Advantage Of Balmy Summer Evenings For A Butterfly Stroll!" 2 Photos of Brown Argus and Common Blue posted to Recent Photos Gallery

18 July 2008

 Blog entry - "The Browns Rule At Noar Hill - But Still Room For Essex Skipper!" 4 Photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

16 July 2008

 Blog entry - "Summer Brood Small Blues On The Wing - A Mating Pair Too!" 2 Photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

15 July 2008

 Blog entry - "Quick Visit To Portsdown Shows Summer Butterfly Numbers Building". 2 Photos of male Chalkhill Blue posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

11 July 2008

 Blog entry - "White-letters, Dark Greens, Grayling & Chalkhills Seen Today, Despite Poor Weather". 2 Grayling photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

10 July 2008

 Blog entry - "Chalkhills & Gatekeepers Emerging On Portsdown". Single Photo posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

4 July 2008

 Blog entry - "His Majesty's Appearance At Bentley Provides Regal Reward!" 6 photos of a male Purple Emperor posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

2 July 2008

1) Blog entry - "Two Day Expedition To NW England". 4 Photos of High Brown Fritillary & Northern Brown Argus posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

2) Previous photos in the recent photos gallery now transferred to "2008 Early Summer" Gallery in Photo Archive.

28 June 2008

 Blog entry - "White Admirals Out In Force & A Surprise At Bentley Station!"4 photos of White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillary posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

26 June 2008

 Blog entry - "Paphia, Camilla & Iris All Now flying In Hampshire's Woodlands!". 

20 June 2008

 Blog entry - "Dark Green Fritillaries Flying At The Mount!". 4 photos of Dark Green Fritillary posted to Recent Photos Gallery. 1 additional Swallowtail photo from 8 June also posted.

13 June 2008

 Blog entry - "Emergence Of Silver-studded Blue Signals June Gap Nearly Over". 2 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

11 June 2008

 New video footage of Swallowtails at Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk recorded on 8 June posted to video archive. Please note that in order to conserve webspace, the two short video clips of Adonis Blue and Green Hairsteak on the same page are likely to be removed from the website shortly.

9 June 2008

 Blog entry - "Magnificent Swallowtails At Strumpshaw, Norfolk!" 4 Swallowtail photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

6 June 2008

 Blog entry - "Mainland Glanville Colony At Hurst Holding Its Own". 3 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

1 June 2008

1) Two additional photos of Marsh Fritillary taken at Hog Cliff NNR in mid May posted to Recent Photos Gallery (located below more recent photos to preserve date order)

2) Timetable links within the Blog entries on "Enjoy A Visit To A Good Butterfly Site - By Public Transport!" have been updated to take account of the summer timetables issued by the various operators.

30 May 2008

 Blog entry - "A Dozen Small Pearls Seen At Bentley With Confirmed Sighting In New Forest Too!" 4 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery. Earlier photos in this gallery now relocated to Photo Archive (2008 Spring)

23 May 2008

 Blog entry - "Adonis Takes Wing In Hampshire - And Still Some Fresh Dukes About!" 4 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

20 May 2008

 Blog entry - "Two Sites, Three Fritillaries - By Train!". 4 photos of Marsh, Pearl-bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Friltillariies posted to Recent Photos Gallery

12 May 2008

 Blog entry - "Small Blue Flitting Again At The Quarry!". 2 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery

9 May 2008

 Blog entry - "Good Day For Dukes And Dingies!". 2 photos of Dingy Skipper posted to Recent Photos Gallery

7 May 2008

 Blog entry - "Pearl-bordered Flight Season Just Beginning In Bentley Wood". 2 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery

5 May 2008

 Blog entry - "First Small Heath Of The Season". 1 photo (Grizzled Skipper) posted to Recent Photos Gallery

2 May 2008

 Blog entry - "Weather Forces Change Of Plan But Decent Outcome In The End". 3 Photos posted to Recent Photos gallery

26 April 2008

Blog entry "Perfect Butterflying Weather Produces 4 Season Firsts" 4 photos (Duke of Burgundy, Green Hairstreak and Grizzled Skipper) posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

22 April 2008

 Blog entry - "Spring Is Warming Up At Last!" including photo insert of Speckled Wood

18 April 2008

1) Butterfly "Code of Practice" page has been updated. The refinements are positive and follow recent consultation with Butterfly Conservation.

2) Due to the continuing cold and unsettled weather, butterfly outings look like being on hold for at least the next few days. Send us some sunshine!

12 April 2008

Blog entry - "Season On a Bit Of A Go Slow In Europe Too!"

5 April 2008

 Blog entry - "Numbers of Emerging Butterflies Beginning To Rise"

30 March 2008

I am in the process of creating a series of embedded flash slideshows, to replace many of the single images on the butterfly species pages. These should prove useful as an aid to identification where the sexes differ significantly and to provide underside and upperside views. A number of species will remain as single images (e.g. where the sexes are very similar or where the upperside view is seen only in flight) and in a few cases where I do not have suitable images. I have already uploaded the embedded flash slideshows for the Browns - click here and will do the same for the other species pages during the next week.

24 March 2008

Single images on Home page (Purple Emperor) and Hampshire Butterfly Species intro page (Pearl-bordered Fritillary) replaced by embedded flash slideshows. I may make greater use in future of these mini-slideshows on the Species pages (e.g. to show male/female/underside views for instance) so feedback welcome via contacts page.

21 March 2008

Blog entry - "First Reconnaissance Of Spring". Please note also that during the next couple of weeks I will be decommissioning, one at a a time, the 2007 Photo Galleries in preparation for the new season. The 2007 Season Highlights Gallery will be retained.

7 March 2008

New page added on Butterfly "Code of Practice" prepared with contributions from several butterfly enthusiasts and accompanied by a blog entry of the same title. Please help to safeguard our butterfly populations by following the code.