Last butterfly of 2020 (1 Viewer)

[WalterRayle]

Small White, Speckled Wood, Common Blue and Small Copper in south Hampshire yesterday.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Big surprise today - one Brown Hairstreak. My first of the year, the first ever on my land and my latest ever for this species. And potentially my last butterfly of the year ... rain forecast for the next days, thennit kight all be over.

 

[aeshna5]

A cool but sunny morning but saw 2 Speckled Woods.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Breezy but sunny up at Talacre this morning, two Small Coppers and a handful of Walls.

 

[StephenHampshire]

Sunny morning walk here in Hampshire and saw a Comma and a Red Admiral both in the same field/hedge

 

[dantheman]

Breezy but sunny up at Talacre this morning, two Small Coppers and a handful of Walls.

Glad you posted the pics ... was starting to form a mental image of a couple of diminutive bobby's on the beat lost in a maze of alleyways there ...

 

[dantheman]

Can add our regular Large White and Small White to the day tally ... something brown flew through the garden earlier but too high and quick for id.

 

[Julie50]

We saw a peacock at Brandon Marsh today.

 

[dantheman]

Can add our regular Large White and Small White to the day tally ... something brown flew through the garden earlier but too high and quick for id.

Upgraded to a Large White and 2 Small Whites copulating. Disgraceful behaviour. Just been out for a short walk behind the house - overcast but 3 Red Admiral, 2 in flight 1 sat on ivy.

 

[Jon Turner]

Red Admiral, Large White and Speckled Wood up here in N Devon this morning.

 

[Farnboro John]

Red Admiral seemingly fresh in at Sumburgh Head yesterday afternoon!

John

 

[Scridifer]

A beautiful sunny morning here brought Common Blue, Brown Argus, Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper, Small Copper, Red Admiral, Queen of Spain, Eastern Bath White, Wall Brown, Green-veined White and umpteen Clouded Yellows.

Chris

 

[Xenospiza]

Still one Queen-of-Spain Fritillary yesterday, now kind enough to pose for a picture: https://observation.org/media/photo/031/387/31387242.jpg
It was too cold for it to show its much nicer underwings though!

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Just had a glimpse of one passing through the garden, from the untickable view it could have been Speckled Wood or Small Tortoiseshell! Hoping for a return visit...

 

[dantheman]

Mostly sunny but a bit cold and windy today. Think I've lost the whites from the garden, but 2 each of Peacock, Red Admiral and Speckled Wood out in the countryside.

 

[WalterRayle]

Peacock and Red Admiral in SE Dorset today, also a pair of Common Darter ovipositing.

 

[Stuart Goodwin]

Evening

On Saturday I saw a Clouded Yellow at Sandwich Bay, Kent.

Regards

Last Sunday I had a Wall at Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey. I would have been happy to finish the year on either. Today, however, I came across a Red Admiral on the outskirts of Sittingbourne.

Regards

 

[dantheman]

Still butterflies in Cornwall. Out at my place today Red Admiral, Peacock, Speckled Wood, Small Copper and Green-veined White. All rather brief shooting past in flight except for the Speckled Wood and Small Copper basking in the sunshine. Presume Common Darter too.

 

[Scridifer]

Still plenty here too. This afternoon I had Brown Argus, Common Blue, Red Admiral, an abundance of Clouded Yellows and a bonus Delattin's/Grayling.

Chris

 

[Xenospiza]

Only 11 °C today, but I managed my loyal Queen-of-Spain Fritillary as well as a Small White and two Red Admirals.