Great year for Red Admirals

A poor summer for butterflies in general - both in terms of species and numbers. There were lots of Meadow Browns which is the commonest butterfly here but even their numbers were probably down and there were less of all other species as well as a number of non-appearances. The one I was most disappointed about was the iconic meadow butterfly here - the Marbled White. However the one species that has had an outstanding year is the Red Admiral. I don't know whether it is because of Climate Change or just the particular weather we have had this year but they have been plentiful. Here we are in mid-October and they are still flying. I took this photo yesterday.