Welcome to my Sunday Sevens; a post where I share seven or so photos from my week.
At the start of the week we had beautiful warm weather and the butterflies were out in force. Here’s what I spotted:
In the woods…
A ringlet…
A meadow brown male
Meadow brown female…
Female small skipper…
A blurred photo, but some sort of fritillary.
And sadly a departed brimstone…
In the garden I spotted a Peacock…
There were also a lot of whites in the garden, but they don’t land for more than a fraction of a second, so no photo.
Outside our bedroom window a red admiral was hanging around…
And in my lounge a golden retriever…
Have you seen many butterflies this year?
Until next time,
Bekki x
So many good butterflies there, not seen a brimstone, skipper or frittilary. Looking at the websites it looks like a Pearl bordered frittilary maybe but its tricky to be sure
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Thank you. Very tricky to be sure – although they are common, so probably.
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Well done with the butterfly photos – they’re quite hard to capture I’ve found.
The departed butterfly looks ethereal – it almost looks like one of the fairy folk although a bit pale so perhaps also departed.
We used to see far more butterflies than we have for the past couple of years which is odd as we deliberately leave lots of wild flowers (aka weeds). for them to feast upon. I don’t know what everybody else does of course.
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Thank you. I crept up on that brimstone and was feeling really chuffed that I’d got so close without it flying off until I realise it was there only in body.
We leave a lot of ‘wild flowers’ for the butterflies too, but don’t seem to have many in the garden this year, but loads more in the woods than usual.
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hardly any, and hardly any caterpillars, despite leaving much of the garden wild for them. I heard on GQT (I think) that it was because of the wet winters – many native insects have been unable to overwinter successfully
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We’re the same in our garden – and like you leave a good size wild area for them, but I’ve never seen anywhere near as many in the woods as this year – it is near a butterfly conservation area, but still if it’s down to the weather that should impact them too.
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Ah, I’ve not been to any woods. 🙂
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Hope you make it to some – that’s assuming you want too ☺
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Seeing mainly small tortoiseshell, whites and ringlets here at the moment. Orange tips seemed to be doing ok earlier in the year too. I find them really hard to photograph so impressed with your pics.
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Thank you. You’re right not easy to photograph – I completely failed with the white and the blues. Don’t think I’ve seen any tortoiseshell this year.
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My goodness me, what lovely photos- I’ve visited a nature reserve this week- lots of very busy butterflies and not a picture of any! I especilly like the last rather large butterfly, not heard of a Harry before.
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Thank you. I’m especially pleased as I took them all on my phone and it’s four years old. Ha ha! The Harry is very rare, only found in these parts I think you’ll find 🙂
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Harry is a Golden Furry Butterfly , love all your butterfly shots. The only time I have seen a fritillary was on holiday in North Cornwall. Still not seen a Brimstone, poor little thing. A stunning collection. X
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Thank you. I think fritillaries are far more common down here and some rare types can hardly be found anywhere else. x
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I feel like I have seen less this year, partly through doing less travelling and garden visits, but also I do think insects are less active even on wildflower patches locally. I hope I am wrong.
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Hello. Thanks for visiting. I hope you’re wrong too. I’m pleased to say there were a huge number of bees around my lavender the other day – maybe they’re lying low.
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