Butterflies in Surrey

[Overread]

Well at least within striking distance of Surrey. Anyone know of any butterfly farms or the like in the area, I tried searching but some mad person built a house that looks like a butterfly so all my searches keep pointing that way!

[john_g]

Just from a web search (starting with "Drusillas"), how about this in west Sussex:

http://www.earnleybutterfliesandgardens.co.uk/

[Overread]

had a look - though it seems whilst their more general wildlife section remains open the gardens and butterflies are close after Nov 2nd - thanks though its definatly one to keep an eye on

[Dave_Cox]

Well worth keeping on the list for next year - We've taken quite a few good shots there.

[addick56]

Check out the RHS Garden at Wisley - Butterflies in the Tropical Zone of the glasshouse from 18 Jan until 22 Feb.
Normal admission to the garden, Glasshouse open 10am - 3.45 each day.
www.rhs.org.uk
Good luck, will try to get there myself next week.
Elaine

[Overread]

so near and yet so far - why does thier bus service not run at weekends!

anyone know any good walks from West Byfleet or Woking stations - only I really don't want to have to pay a cab but really don't want to follow the roads either (I am not walking down the M25!)

[snowqueen]

Had a shot at butterfies recently but wasnt happy with the pics, so will be taking a trip here to see if i can improve, thanks for the link

[GDN]

Here are some shots I took when I went today. It was very busy, not huge numbers of butterflies and extremely hot in the glasshouse.

Wisley Butterfly photos

The rest of the gardens are a bit 'desolate' as there are few plants, flowers, etc as it's early in the year. Worth a visit though.

[velocette]

Great photos hope I do half as well when I go next week. We were there a couple of weeks ago in very very frosty conditions and it took half an hour to de-fog the lens on entering the Glasshouse. I've now ordered some Hoya PRO1 digital filters so I can easily clean the lenses as I'm very careful about front elements and foreign matter.

[GDN]

Thank you velocette. I was quite difficult due to the number of people there, the low number of butterflies and also my kids trying to drag me away...