tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post8652426267373482321..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: Meeting the butterfly peopleSteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-63594137321557578182020-07-07T10:55:46.616+01:002020-07-07T10:55:46.616+01:00Wow! His Imperial Majesty! What a regal name! What...Wow! His Imperial Majesty! What a regal name! What is the collective term for people who gaze at butterflies? Is there any particular season of the year to spot the Emperor butterfly? I would love to have more information. Is the Matthew Oates book available on Amazon? How much does it cost? Also visit at <a href="https://www.marinacarleton.com" rel="nofollow">Water Sports activities </a>Arun https://www.blogger.com/profile/14517705650767752362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-44294033742671328282020-07-03T08:47:25.297+01:002020-07-03T08:47:25.297+01:00Seth and Derek - no idea how I have managed to mis...Seth and Derek - no idea how I have managed to miss Bookham before, other places just got in the way I suppose. Having Purple Emperors closer to home most probably came into play. No doubt all aspects of natural history attract the obsessive and the strange...Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-87255408754473444762020-07-03T05:52:32.438+01:002020-07-03T05:52:32.438+01:00Very well done Gibster, no one could complain abou...Very well done Gibster, no one could complain about your particular effort, which has paid back every twitch you have ever been on.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-72588064491634631002020-07-03T00:49:43.949+01:002020-07-03T00:49:43.949+01:00Derek, this particular idiot butterfly twitcher ra...Derek, this particular idiot butterfly twitcher raised £38K for Butterfly Conservation in 2012. We're not all bad, y'know. Gibsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699055561230102061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-47898594987366017412020-07-03T00:46:58.574+01:002020-07-03T00:46:58.574+01:00How have you never been to Bookham before, Steve? ...How have you never been to Bookham before, Steve? First Saturday of the month is the LNHS Field Day there, lots of friendly faces and helpful folks. Well, most years anyway, not sure what's happening this year. I had a Purple Hairstreak emerge from beneath bracken by the Master Oaks, it crawled onto my hand and was promptly battered off my hand by a Purple Emperor. Poor bugger hadn't even taken its maiden flight yet! Sad to hear it's become a bit of a circus nowadays, maybe lockdown has swung the bird twitchers onto butterflies instead? Shame if so. Really good for Brown Hairstreaks around IOW Plain laterin the summer and almost all the valezina S-W Frits I've ever seen have been at Bookham. They get Hawfinches too.....Gibsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699055561230102061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-21894082863934026932020-07-01T19:16:44.210+01:002020-07-01T19:16:44.210+01:00Blimey, didn't realise there were idiot twitch...Blimey, didn't realise there were idiot twitchers in the butterfly world as well.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.com