The white buddleia in the garden has been in full flower for a month now, and has its own fan club of regular visitors; up to 5 Painted Ladies, 3 Red Admirals and a Small Tortoiseshell. A couple of Large Whites ignore it, preferring the purple flowers on the Loosestrife and what is left of the purple buddleia.
After the strong winds and rain yesterday I thought the butterflies would be done for, but this morning was calm and sunny if much cooler at only 9 degrees. As the temperature rose, two Red Ads, two PLs, a Small Tort and a Comma appeared.
And today I cut the grass. I'd left it since April to see what would happen; it grew and went to seed. It actually looked quite attractive but it was a bit impractical for a small garden.
We did get a visit from a Small Skipper which looked very much at home but it was only couch grass, not Yorkshire Fog. So a few days ago I strimmed the top layer of seed off, and today mowed it on the mower's highest setting, disturbing one of these moths in the effort - I've never been able to identify them.
A very long flying insect went scurrying across the path - it was about an inch long
Meanwhile on the bird feeder, there was a raiding party of 6 Long-tailed tits, hotly pursued by a company of Blue and Great tits!