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OllieC

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Aren't they some of the most stunning creatures on earth? Took these in the butterfly tent at London Zoo yesterday.







« Last Edit: August 29, 2008, 17:46:43 by OllieC »

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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2008, 17:49:08 »
I saw one like the bottom one while on holiday walking the pembrokeshire Coast.

Today I went to say hello to one of the guy's on my allotment site and he's got two buddleia bushes and as I went past a cloud of butterflies took flight...it was amazing!

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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2008, 22:20:16 »
great those butterflies,but what hard they are to put on film.

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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2008, 09:49:40 »
Lovely photos Ollie :)  So nice to see as we hardly have any in our garden this year, only the dreaded CW's. I think they are definitely on the decline :'(
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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2008, 13:59:05 »
Great pics.  I have seen quite a number of butterflies just recently.  I had a few in my garden last week and keep seeing them in the buddlei dotted here n there. 


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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2008, 23:00:23 »
Fabulous pics Ollie.We were lucky enough to see clouds of common Blues this morning on the Peddars Way in Norfolk, but I haven't seen them anywhere else this year.
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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2008, 19:13:49 »
lovely pics, olliec..thy seem to come and go with the weather here, lots of the brown, spotty ones around when the thistles were flowering  :)

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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2008, 06:41:44 »
Usually clouds (mainly Peacocks) on our Buddleia - this year none!!

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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2008, 06:56:35 »
Sadly a dearth of butterflies, bees and ladybirds in my garden this year so your beautiful photos are even more welcome Ollie!

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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2008, 00:47:18 »
Beautiful shots and new ones to me.
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Re: Butterflies yesterday... I'm rather pleased with these piccies!
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2008, 15:20:50 »
Yes lovely shots Ollie, well captured.

 

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