
A touch of summer…
Natural History . Photography…in frosty February.
The opening of ‘Chasing Butterflies’ – a retrospective of John Vetterlein’s 13-year obsession with photographing butterflies – was absolutely heaving at the Harbour Lights Cinema in Southampton last evening.
A selection of his best work is on display in the gallery space until the 27 February and covers common and less common species. Butterflies (and a few

50 per cent of the proceeds from sales from this exhibition (and from John’s web-site) will go to Butterfly Conservation. If you can make it to the Harbour Lights the exhibition is well worth a look – or if you are going to a movie make sure you leave some extra time to browse the gallery.
More information and John’s

Natural History
- Association of British Fungi Groups
- Bournemouth Natural Science Society and Museum
- British Bugs
- British Dragonflies
- British Lichens
- Dan and Rosemary Powell
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Butterfly Conservation
- Hampshire Bat Group
- Hampshire Ornithological Society
- Hampshire Wildlife Trust
- Lymington and District Natural History Society
- Plantlife
- UK Hoverflies