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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adey Baker" data-source="post: 1514900" data-attributes="member: 1805">Ha Ha! I think I'll 'skip' on that offer, thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />A thread on British Pyrgus Skippers would be quite easy, though. We have Grizzled Skipper, P. malvae - and that's it! No problems at all - except that they're somewhat restricted in range so if you don't know of a particular location for one you may have trouble ever seeing them.By and large, butterfly ID in the UK is very straightforward - if you can sort out Small and Essex Skippers, Pearl-bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, then there's not a lot to it. Again, it's more on getting knowledge of locations for certain species.I've seen over 50 species in Britain and quite a few of the others that are on the British list I've seen in mainland Europe so I don't need to travel long distances to northern England or Scotland for Scotch Argus or Mountain Ringlet (our only two Erebias!) for instance.Whenever I have my annual holiday of a few days somewhere in Europe I have a real opportunity of quite a range of new species to see and it's often much more convenient to get some reasonable photos of them rather than trying to ID all of them on the spot. I've not encountered many Skippers but those Ringlets confuse me even when I've got some clear photos! I'm going to Austria in a few weeks time and provided the weather is OK:eek!:, I hope to have a few more problem species to sort out!</blockquote>

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