True migrant Monarchs are only seen in autumns where low pressure systems track rapidly across the atlantic from the eastern seaboard of the US and Canada. The best systems are often former hurricanes! In those circumstances american birds and Monarch butterflies get caught up in the circulation and...

Just got back from a visit to Portland in Dorset for the Monarch that was found today. It was nectaring on a buddleia in a small park/patch of open ground off Park Estate Road near the Health Centre in Easton, Portland. It looked a bit worse for wear but was still stunning to see in the sunshine. It...