A day for butterflies....

[British Red]

What an amazing amount of butterflies were enjoying the sun today. I'm rubbish at entymology but I have tentitavely identified a few today

Speckled Wood

Peacock

Fairly sure this is a male and female "Pale Clouded Yellow" errm ...enjoying the sunshine

Not the best of photos but I have only seen these this year around here for the first time - Male Orange tip I believe

The distictive "Comma" - the scalloped edged wings make this one distictive

A lovely day - hope you got to enjoy it

Red

 

[firecrest]

Great Photos there Red. Did you get the squirrel I sent yet?


I saw orange tips and peacocks on a walk today, but it was running by a horde of chavvy quad bikers and coming across an abandoned tent, bbq grill beer cans and all the rest of the chav paraphinalia that they see fit to destroy beauty spots with.

 

[British Red]

Hi ,

Haven't had a chance to pick up my post yet - I'll get it on Monday with luck - working away is a killer!

Red

 

[Shewie]

Fairly sure this is a male and female "Pale Clouded Yellow" errm ...enjoying the sunshine

The distictive "Comma" - the scalloped edged wings make this one distictive

Red

Lovely shots Red

 

[Mang]

Nice shots. The Comma is so called because of a white 'comma' on it's wings and the feamle Orange Tip has black tips. Just seen a Holly Blue today too.

D

 

[dwardo]

Lots of orange tips around here at the mo..

 

[robin wood]

Fairly sure this is a male and female "Pale Clouded Yellow" errm ...enjoying the sunshine

Nice shots,

This one is Brimstone the pointy bit on the wing is distinctive and it's the most common yellow butterfly, clouded yellow if I remember rightly are summer migrants so not around at the mo. The male clouded yellow is very distinctive deep yellow with black tips.

 

[brancho]

very nice shots indeed

 

[Rob Tangtent]

i love the Comma one
very beautiful

 

[British Red]

Nice shots,

This one is Brimstone the pointy bit on the wing is distinctive and it's the most common yellow butterfly, clouded yellow if I remember rightly are summer migrants so not around at the mo. The male clouded yellow is very distinctive deep yellow with black tips.

Thanks Robin! I'm a bloddy rubbish naturalist