Hey Jack

I will definitely make a point of notifying you next time I am up in Forres and taking a visit to Logie Steading.

Be great to have a coffee .

Cheers

Bert.

No buddleia left in my Aberdeen garden now so very few butterflies visiting now. I did visit Logie Steading near Forres early afternoon today and seen 2 red admirals, 2 comma butterfly, 1 small tortoiseshell, 2 speckled wood and a dozen peacock butterfly. Only managed to photograph 📸 the tortoiseshe...

Here are my three.

Small Blue butterfly at Glamis on 25th May.

Common blue female butterfly at Fallin 10th June.

Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown on 15th June.

Here are my three.

Small Blue butterfly at Glamis on 25th May.

Common blue female butterfly at Fallin 10th June.

Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown on 15th June.

Only red admiral and peacock visiting the buddleia in my garden now.

Sunny but windy in my Aberdeen garden today. A dozen of each peacock and red admiral on the wing. Also half a dozen tortoiseshell in amongst them.

At last, a tortoiseshell and a painted lady appeared in my Aberdeen garden today amongst the peacock and red admiral butterfly .

David that's a stunning American Painted Lady

Nice to see those Small Torts, Thanks David. Unfortunately I haven't seen any in my Aberdeen garden yet. Last year at this time there were well over 30 butterflies in my garden on a daily basis with a mixture of red admiral, peacock and small tortoiseshell. This year only around a dozen max have ap...

Half a dozen peacock butterfly, a couple of tortoiseshell butterfly and a couple of comma butterfly seen on a visit to logie steading near Forres today.

No red admiral butterfly on the wing.

Comma wouldn't land close enough for a photo .

First red admiral butterfly appeared in my Aberdeen garden today.

Half a dozen seen......not nectaring on the buddleia but preferring to bask on the stones or garden wall.

Cheers

Bert.

David M wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:30 am

Bertl wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:05 pmVisited a favourite Grantown on Spey site today. Overcast but warm. Half a dozen scotch argus on the wing.

Lovely to see, Bertl.

Been a while since I last caught up with this species.

Thanks David.

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Lovely images of Scotch Argus, Berti. Don’t see many of those on the forums...
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Thanks Essexbuzzard........the Scottish weather has very much limited my butterfly days out this year, so it was great to see them on the day.

Visited a favourite Grantown on Spey site today. Overcast but warm. Half a dozen scotch argus on the wing.

I haven't been out looking for butterflies for 2 weeks due to the crap weather up here in NE Scotland.......so was glad to get out this morning for a couple of hours before the wind got up and the clouds rolled in. My first Grayling of the season seen at St Cyrus NNR.....half a dozen on the wing. Ch...

No Northern Brown Argus seen on Monday at Grantown-on-Spey but maybe just too early. Several fritillaries charging around at vast speed, presumably Dark Green although they did look smallish so can't entirely rule out late Small Pearl Bordereds.  It can be seen from the picture of the habitat that ...

Took a wee jaunt to St. Cyrus nnr this morning. Lots of common blue, ringlet, meadow brown and small heath on the wing despite windy conditions. Did spot an NBA jousting with a common blue butterfly.....but it disappeared up the hill after the joust.....so no photo opportunity. Seen around a dozen D...

First meadow browns and ringlets today at my local patch in Aberdeen. Seen in equal numbers....around 20 of each. Grass at the local meadow really overgrown.....flowers struggling to keep up. Windy conditions meant photos were difficult. Might go back mañana as low wind speed forecast. Best photos a...

SPBF and Small Heath on Deeside today.

Bert.

David M wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2024 5:10 am

Katrina wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 8:10 pmBeautiful NBA shots!

Indeed! Always a joy to see that form.

Thanks David.