local wildlife (fur,feathers and beasties)

[ABtrees]

1 hour ago, gary112 said:

What a find,also known as the Mourning Cloak

 

Hi Gary

 

Apparently it is also called the White Petticoat and (the one I like best) for many years was known as The Grand Surprise ! 

[breffni]

Slow worm from the other day. The girls found a bumblebee in their tent so decided to rescue it and put it on some dandelions.

Seen a curlew for the first time last week b

 

[gary112]

3 minutes ago, ABtrees said:

 

Hi Gary

 

Apparently it is also called the White Petticoat and (the one I like best) for many years was known as The Grand Surprise ! 

Yeah i,ve heard it called the Grand Surprise,apparently its very popular in Scandinavia,i,ve never seen one

[gary112]

just noticed this in the shed after being 

attacked by a wasp 

[Ratman]

You leaving it to lodge or evicting it for squatting [emoji6][emoji848]

[gary112]

7 minutes ago, Ratman said:

You leaving it to lodge or evicting it for squatting

Ive served notice on it,next stage will be eviction,very shortly

[nepia]

4 hours ago, ABtrees said:

Glad you're enjoying the pics.  (I'll keep posting till someone tells me to stop (Steve?) - I do feel a bit like I have hijacked this thread though - sorry). 

I am into my wildlife (in case you haven't guessed) and a passion for butterflies - we are very, very fortunate in our 'little corner' of France to be inundated with so many and so many different species.  I had a little competition last year to see how many species I could photograph in 2 hours - I got to 26. 

Then occasionally you get one like this - only 2 other butterflies had this effect on me : The Large Copper and the Lesser Purple Emperor.  

Don't stop now - keep 'em coming.

 

 

But you are showing off  ?

[ABtrees]

4 hours ago, nepia said:

Don't stop now - keep 'em coming.

 

 

But you are showing off  ?

Thank you both (all) - your enjoyment is icing on the cake - and I hope you'd be sharing these too. 

 

I have a couple of real rarities (to quote my wife: 'for the UK, not here' ) - not butterflies as it happens.  But I have decided to only post stuff as I come across it this year (a tiny lockdown silver lining - I'm seeing way more stuff by being 'at home'), so you'll have to wait till they turn up - fingers crossed !

[Baldbloke]

My wife is the photographer in our family

[Baldbloke]