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Lovely detail on him/her Bob, fab shot

Willpar wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:37 pm Well, today was the day of all days, am claiming 8 cloudy yellow sightings, was probably a few more than that but decided to stick with the 8. Brings my tally this season sofar to 20.

I reckon you're seeing double from the gin breakfast you enjoyed William
Fabulous!!

SnappyMac wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2026 12:13 pm

Willpar wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2026 10:28 am Went over to the valerian this morning, no less than 4 Hummingbird Hawk Moths having a feed of nectar.

A nice haul William. I managed to photograph one yesterday, along with a jersey tiger moth.

Were you stalking me Snappy? I hope not coz my hawkmoth was in the back garden

Thank you PB, looks like a good year for them. I looked up the Butterfly conservation trust for Devon, lots of sightings for July, none for June. See what August brings.

I wonder if the very hot weather on mainland Europe is driving them northwards?


There was a discussion about that, Jack ...

They certainly seem to be having a good year, William, lots of reports local to me if them being spotted, far more than previous years

Willpar wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2026 12:21 pm Not one but two clouded yellow this morning. Would not stay still though.

That's fab William, saw my first ones last week

Good stuff Nick

A young fox with pheasant this morning in a freshly harvested field. Not the sharpest photo and it didn't hang about. Disappeared across the field to go find a quiet place to have its breakfast.

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Well done Bob, super shot. Someone posted a shot of the Little Owl down at Portland yesterday, with a Barn Owl in the same shot... I've not seen either in the wild for ages

Very nice Bob