Red Admiral, Small White, Peacock and Comma seen today.

After last nights frost, I certainly didn't expect to see this very photogenic male Wall Brown in the warm sunshine today. Not sure why or how he's emerged so late, given the recent spell of grim weather!

A very fresh female Red Admiral today, basking between the rain showers. I will be checking the nettles for her eggs soon, looking at her abdomen!

Wall Browns seen on 2nd of October, I believe must be third brood individuals.

Your view is not in the minority, essexbuzzard, it was a long winter and now we have Covid-19 to further mess up our lives. I personally do not believe that travelling to see what brings us pleasure, should make us feel guilty. I actually do enjoy seeing the same species at the same sites each year,...

An amazing Orange-tip, David, that's part of what makes this pastime so enjoyable - you never know what you're going to find

I've enjoyed reading your posts of your exploits in Portugal last year, Wurzel, no shortage of species there :) I'm particularly drawn to the Striped Grayling, what looker :D You certainly seem to have plenty of Small Torts on your local patch :mrgreen: so far i've just seen the one, hope this chang...

Lovely Pearls, Pauline, glad you got to see them sadly that's another species that I won't see this year

Mike.

Very nice to see those Pearls, Trevor, and the Grizzlies, those are two that I will miss out on this year, as will others on this forum At least we can enjoy them through your lovely photos

All the best,

Mike.

You've an amazing local patch, Dave, nice to have in these very trying times. I am amazed at the amount of butterflies you've seen, and the great shots that you have managed, makes for very nice viewing especially those Holly Blues

Mike.

You're lucky to have a Dingy Skipper site adjacent to your workplace, David, lets hope that this site will be spared from further development

Thanks chaps, much appreciated :D My first post for a long while and like most others we have been ‘confined to quarters’, apart from our daily walks and trips to the supermarket. We decided to take our daily exercise at Noar Hill on Monday, as it looked like our last chance before the weather chang...

To all at UK Butterflies.

Thanks, Wurzel and Dave :) I've had a very bad bout of the flu which has lasted for almost three weeks :( Can't have a flu jab as I get very bad reaction to it :roll: Lovely sunny day and I found two Red Admirals bushwacking each other in our front garden. Managed to get a shot of one basking in an ...

Lovely butterflies, Trevor it's good that you made the most of today! As Dave says that Copper does look quite fresh

Mike.

A belated thanks, chaps :) This morning when my wife shouted up the stairs, “there’s a Red Admiral in the garden”, I was straight out of my sickbed and down the stairs like the proverbial rat up a drainpipe, grabbing a camera on the way out into the muddy quagmire that used to be our garden. Sure en...

Nice to see those Scotch Argus, Dave, some look very fresh That's one we've yet to see

Mike.

Thanks,Wurzel, the Brostreaks are definitely not playing ball :shock: but you're right, there is still hope :D The Chalkhill was unexpected, David, as were the Clouded Yellows :) It was just right time right place, Dave, for the CY's, they'll probably be around well into November :) :wink: There may...

Looks like we may have a repeat of the Autumn of 2013, as far as LTB,s are concerned, Neil, lets hope so