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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.

4 Feb 2012Blog entry - Perfect Time To Plan For The 2012 Season
14 Jan 2012Blog entry - First Hampshire Butterflies Of 2012 Include A Real Beauty!
27 Dec 2011Blog entry - Butterfly Monitoring Provides Insight To Undiscovered Colonies
10 Dec 2011Blog entry - Head North For More Butterflies!
26 Nov 2011 Blog entry - Nine Species Still On The Wing In Hampshire
4 Nov 2011 Blog entry - Conservation Making A Real Difference.
23 Oct 2011 Blog entry - Wood White, Réal's Wood White Or Cryptic Wood White?
13 Oct 2011 2011 Season Highlights Photo Gallery containing my selection of 20 photos from the current season is accessible from the Photo Archive page. It replaces the 2009 Highlights Gallery. Each photo has a short caption.  
8 Oct 2011 Species Gallery Photos (accessed via Photo Archive) updated to include ~30 photos from the 2011 season.
30 Sept 2011 Blog entry - Third Time Lucky, Third Brood Wall Brown, Three Seen At Keyhaven! Two photos of Wall Brown posted to Recent Photos Gallery.
24 Sept 2011

Blog entry - Thoughts On The Butterfly Sites Pages Update.

Butterfly Sites, Flight Periods and Butterfly Species pages update completed to reflect evolving situation

16 Sept 2011 In the species pages, several of the flash photo sequences have been refreshed using some of this year's photos. These include the species intro sequence and others in the pages on Vanessids, Fritillaries, Browns, Blues and Hairstreaks.
9 Sept 2011 Several site feature pages updated and site photos refreshed to reflect evolving butterfly populations (Noar Hill, Shipton Bellinger, Farley Mount). Whiteley Pastures site feature reinstated following good showing of Purple Emperor this year.
2 Sept 2011 Blog entry - Summer Weather Arrives Just As We Prepare For Autumn. 2 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery (Small Copper & Common Blue).
29 August 2011 Blog entry - Where Have The Migrants Gone This Year? Two photos from visit to Beacon Hill posted to Recent Photos Gallery.
28 August 2011 Blog entry - Poor Season For Late Summer Species.
19 August 2011 Blog entry - Adoinis At Broughton Provides Sparkle To Fading Season. 4 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery including Adonis Blue and Silver-spotted Skipper.
12 August 2011 Blog entry - Second Brood Dingy Provides Noar Hill Highlight. 4 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery. (Dingy Skipper, Red Admiral, Brown Argus, Common Blue)
7 August 2011 Blog entry - Second Brood Duke Reported From Hampshire!
5 August 2011 Blog entry - Silver Spots Skipping Around At Broughton. 3 photos of Silver-spotted Skipper posted to Recent Photos Gallery.
2 August 2011 Blog entry - Small Blue Summer Brood Takes Wing On Portsdown. No photos on this occasion
30 July 2011

Blog entry - Patience And Perseverance Is The Name Of The Game. 3 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery taken earlier in the week.

24 July 2011

Blog entry - Brown Hairstreak Season Kicks Off In Hampshire. 4 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

23 July 2011

Blog entry - Last Phase Of Summer Creeping Up. 3 photos posted to Recent Photos Gallery.

16 July 2011 Blog entry - It's A Rainy Weekend For The Start Of The Big Butterfly Count.
14 July 2011 Blog entry - Portsdown Abounds With Midsummer Life. 3 Photos of Chalkhill Blue posted to Recent Photos Gallery.