Nothing like the numbers Stevieb has seen, but in the hour and a half of sunshine before the rain set in (again) I saw my first White Admiral, Silver Washed Fritillary and Small Skipper(?) as well as a Comma, Red Admirals, Ringlets and Meadow Browns. No Purple Hairstreaks or Emperors yet.

First Marbled White that sat beautifully still got a photo! No Meadow Brown females yet, but the male numbers are building daily.

The hot sunny weather a couple of days ago coincided with the first Meadow Brown males appropriately in the meadow next door. I counted over 30 before I got too hot! A Large Skipper too and a few Burnet Companion moths. In the garden I have never seen so many Painted Ladies and Small Tortoiseshells ...

Hi! I didn’t get to see mine with the wings open. That’s a beauty you’ve got there!

Thanks both! I’d noticed the little hook at the end of the antennae, but didn’t know it was a ‘thing’.

When you say ‘faint mottling on the underside’ do you mean the antennae?

well I hadn’t even considered that - seeing as it seemed so... ‘small’! Thanks for telling me.

I think this might be an Essex Skipper? Any help much appreciated!

Monday was very warm and it brought out the Painted Ladies, a female Swallowtail egg-laying on my fennel, a Map, a Red Admiral, a particularly beautiful Small Tortoiseshell and several Small Heaths - as well as the Orange Tips, Brimstones, Whites, Holly Blues, an Speckled Woods. That’s not a bad list!

Brilliant! Thanks a lot. And your comment about Dougall is spot on and made me laugh out loud!

I hope someone can throw some light on what these are - and if I need to ‘relocate’ them?
Unfortunately I’m not sure what the tree is that they are currently defoliating. Any help gratefully received!

Thanks David I’m glad I was hesitant. And even happier to have seen her! Hopefully the weather is set fair so with luck there’ll be more.

Finally a warm day, some sun and no wind. 2 Swallowtails in my garden. One beautifully fresh, the other looking like it had had a close encounter with a bird. A Small Copper(?) - confirmation or ID appreciated. A Red Admiral, a couple of Brimstones, Holly Blue, Orange Tips and Small Whites and the F...

First Green Hairstreak today; a full month later than last year. So gusty that I don’t know how it managed to cling on to the Bluebell!

A week without seeing a single butterfly. Yesterday was better: a couple of OrangeTips, 3 Holly Blues, a Small Heath, a Green veined White and a Speckled Wood.

Thanks Bugboy! I confess I was hoping for some kind of Lycaenid... but I’ll be going back anyway and will be happy to see whatever’s there!

Photographed this caterpillar on lichen covered rock on cliff edge at the sea - North Brittany - this morning. A blustery day but it was out in the open. Any help with ID much appreciated - especially if it’s going to send me back there in a couple of months to hopefully spot something special!

Finally got a couple of pictures of a female Orange Tip after seeing nothing but males! So windy this afternoon that even though it was quite warm there was nothing else showing itself.

Small Heaths and a Wall Brown on the last day of April alongside my first sighting of a Swallowtail here in Brittany. No photo yet...hoping it’ll be back tomorrow!

Hi Pete.
I’m about 35 minutes inland from Morlaix - so about 90 minutes further north than Vannes.a much milder climate on the South Brittany Coast (and many more sunshine hours apparently.) Thanks for the confirmation. I saw Large Chequered Skippers last summer nearby too.