Red Admiral completes the butterfly set for 2014

The only butterfly of the 20 species I have recorded over the four years we have been here, that I hadn't seen this year, was the Red Admiral and one made itself known today. It had a large chunk taken out of its wing, possibly by the Spotted Flycatcher I saw chasing butterflies a couple of weeks ago, but suprisingly it seemed to have no trouble flying. Normally I would say the Red Admiral was a handsome butterfly but perhaps not in this case.