Well done with those Wall Browns, Trevor, and the Peacock and Comma, it's good to see these late season butterflies

Brilliant Small Coppers, Trevor, especially that lovely ab radiata

Wonderful Small Coppers, Trevor, including the ab caeruleopunctata and great to see the Cloudies too In an earlier post that was a stunning female Common Blue, she really stood out, great reports
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Yes, a great late summer mix of butterflies, David Small Tortoiseshell numbers for September have been high here too, as have second brood Peacocks, not sure why

Several fresh 'French' Speckled Woods spotted in our garden recently.. P1380668Resize.JPG P1380674Resize.JPG and several Peacocks nectaring on marigold flowers in our polytunnel.. P1070025Resize.JPG .. and a very large female Wasp Spider on a fence post (the post is 3 inch diameter) giving scale to ...

Thanks for the moth ID's, Allan, very much appreciated :) They should both be there, Dave, the climate in northern France is the same as the southern UK. Thanks, David, yes we have woodland all around us, perhaps that explains why we have seen both, Purple Emperor and Silver-washed Fritillary in our...

Amazing shots of those female Holly Blues, Dave They don't seem to be doing so well this year, in our part of the world

Wonderful Brown hairstreak shots, David, glad that they are doing ok in your part of the UK

It's nice to have Wall Browns in our garden, Wurzel :) Last year from the beginning of September onwards, Walls could be found in our garden on most days. Our last sighting (of this fresh male) was on 3rd November. P1060046Resize.JPG It would be interesting to know how well they are doing in Normand...

Glad that you managed to find at least one female Brown Hairstreak at Noar Hill this year, Pauline At least SB came up trumps for you and others Nice shots of butterfly early stages, and some nice moth images too

Lovely Brown Hairstreaks, David, and great shots Glad that they're doing better than you thought they would, they look in really good nick for this time of the year

It's great to see your shots of the Large Blues at Daneway, Wurzel That last one has got to be ab. alconides we saw one there a few years ago, how time flies

Lovely Red Admirals, Katrina I will look for the blue scales from now-on Great that you found some fresh Brown Hairstreaks at Steyning too

Your female Wall Brown from SB was a real stunner, Trevor and those amazing BH Also you've captured the 'blue sheen' on those Adonis Blues, perfectly

Thanks, Wurzel :) I will admit that I like both sides(of Sooty Coppers) equally :P It's nice, for us to be able to see Sooty Coppers in our garden, David :) and I do agree that they would make a great addition to the UK's butterfly fauna :) On my 'walkabout' (in our garden) today, I was lucky (among...

Thanks, Wurzel, yes LPE are brilliant and the habitat was amazing :) Yes we've bred a few species now, in the polytunnel :lol: That site was intoxicating indeed, David :) It's great to visit a site for the first time and not know what you will encounter, it's magical :) Yes, Bugboy, it's such a smal...

That's some 'taster' shot, Wurzel What a stunning female Brown Hairstreak Christmas it is then for the full report

Lovely shot of the Adonis Blue pair, Trevor they look mint

Thanks, Katrina, glad you liked the double Brimstone, they aligned at just the right moment :) Today I found a female Sooty Copper in our polytunnel, she was pristine. Cathy offered her a lift out on her finger, which she accepted. She opened her wings just enough to reveal her lovely upperside to u...

Loads of Brimstones in our garden over the last couple of days and many more common butterflies. On Thursday 12th there were, 50 plus Gatekeepers, 43 Red Admirals, 28 Small Tortoiseshells, 12 Peacocks, 6 Painted Ladies, 5 Commas, and half a dozen Large and Small Whites, four Green-veined Whites plus...