Very good - I do like a butterfly adorning a sign!
Congratulations on the Large Tortoiseshell too!

Today I went to Windover Hill in the middle of the day. I saw plenty of Chalkhill Blues on the walk up. There was a blustery wind and active butterflies which didn't make good conditions for photography. It was very good to meet Dave Potter for the first time who told me he had seen a Silver-spotted...

Thank you Neil, there were quite a lot round the Pavilion Gardens when I was looking for the Monarch.

Thank you Wurzel!

This morning I took off early again to see if I could get any more photos of DGFs. It was somewhat sunnier. I saw Marbled Whites, Meadow Browns , Skippers and Gatekeepers. I saw one white butterfly - Small (I think) . I concentrated on the area I saw the DGF last week then went for a wander and foun...

Wonderful photos. The female Scarce Copper is my favourite!

Lovely report - all of the photos are superb!

Emperor Very Purple Emperor Emperor with Comma
And topped off with dragonflies and WLHs
Superb photos!

Beautiful Emperor photo!

Superb Tortoiseshell and Meadow Brown shots Wurzel !

All charming photos - I particualry like your first Marbled White photo with the contrast between the upright fresh butterfly and the drooping petals.

I am loving your Purple Hairstreak and Grayling photos. I don't think I have any photos of PHs and the Grayling on heather photos are really pretty.

I agree, great photos and the colours are really intriguing on the open wing shot

Thank you for the ID Pauline, definitely worth getting out and nice and many more butterflies seen than anticipated.

I had seen reports on the Sussex Butterfly Website of large number of DGFs at Chantry Hill. Last time I went they were flying so fast I just got a few orange blurs. I went again today in the grey and intermittent rain to try and get a photo. There were a lot of Meadow Browns, after a while I found s...

Thank you , it didnt feel like the WLHs were behaving I kept just getting them lined up for the photo and then they would move round!

Lovely Emperor Bill, great colour

Thank you for solving the mystery Bugboy. I didn't notice it until I was cropping the photos.

Hi Goldie I really enjoyed seeing the Monarch (or Monarchs as it turned out). I don't know enough about these things to know with what certainty it can be known if they were released or natural arrivals but either way it was great to see it close up and then swooping around. I wonder if they will mi...

Well done for seeing the Monarch and the Emperor!