This period of hot and sunny weather is doing wonders for butterfly numbers. I'm seeing excellent numbers and so many different species whenever I've been out and about. Just brilliant.
My garden continues to attract a nice selection too, including two species I really wasn't expecting...
The first one was most bizarre, not just because of the species it was, more because I found it fluttering around our bathroom at 10:30pm on Wednesday night!!
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| Yep - that is a Wood White resting on our toilet roll basket! |
The bathroom window had been open all day, but for some reason I just didn't notice it until bed time! I potted it and the next morning let it go in the garden. It looked alot better floating around our front garden, plus it lingered long enough to allow me to get some more natural photos of it...
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| A very localised species around here, I have never seen one away from known sites |
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| I got muddy shorts getting this shot! |
Today gave the second unexpected record, with a Wall Brown flying around the back garden before resting on one of our walls. The nearest ones I know of are on Beer Head/Axe Cliff...
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| Beautiful markings |
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| I potted it to get some better shots, but it just wouldn't show its upperwing again! |
Long may this sunny weather continue, as hopefully will these surprises! Take care all, and stay cool...
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