Butterflies

It's been a good year, in general, for butterflies. A huge increase in Small Tortoiseshells despite reports of them decreasing elsewhere, lots more Peacocks, a good year for Marbled Whites and also for Small, Large and Green-veined Whites. Reasonable numbers of Common Blues and Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers and I have recorded some species I didn't see last year such as Holly Blue and Silver-washed Fritillary. Today there were six specieson the Buddleia including this Red Admiral.