27th October..
It was the eve of the storm that hit Southern England. The wind was already blowing a small gale so i was surprised to see a Red Admiral attached to the Choisya at the back of my garden, taking in as much nectar before the wind became too much and, it had to retire back to it`s chosen hidey-hole to hibernate.
I had already managed a few shots of the butterfly with it`s wings open, so all i needed was a couple of closed wing photos. The only trouble was the butterfly only closed it`s wings when it became too blustery, so proved rather difficult. But i perservered as did the butterfly, and eventually i managed one or two partial closed wing shots, but what i was really after was a complete closed wing photo. Eventually a Bee landed a bit to close for the Red Admiral`s liking, and as the butterfly took flight, it gave me the split second i needed to get a shot off, and capture the albeit slightly out of focus full closed wing photo that i wanted.
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30th Oct. i saw another Red Admiral in my garden. Was it to be the last butterfly i would see this year in my garden? Time would only tell....
On 15th November i saw two more Red Admirals during my lunch hour, two weeks after i saw my last butterfly.