Have not seen any commas here, but they have been report in the South of Ireland, don't think they came this far yet. As for red admirals, there are loads here. I first saw a few in early May and more and more since, it was not until June when numbers got higher, probably grew because of immigrants. Found at least 5 on buddliah bushes yesterday in my garden and 50 or more on buddliah bushes in Mountstewart Gardens and a few in fields not far away from my house. I even found a few at an abandoned house beside a pine forest here, which I made a video of. Very few worn ones, here are some recent shots I got of different ones here (photographed over past two weeks):
Mountstewart Gardens:
One at the abandoned house, resting on a willowherb:
Same area, another feeding on ragwort:
One in my garden, on wall:
Link to video I made:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... f=7&t=3457
So, I am not sure why they are doing so well here. It might be becasue they have been sucessfully able to survive the winter here, but not in any large numbers, only a few have been seen in winter months here. Where I live has kind of a micro climate which is 1-2C warmer than other areas and this might have the answer to why they are able to survive winter here. It used to be very wet in winter in the forests around here, but not so much anymore.