Last butterfly of the year 2022 (1 Viewer)

[dantheman]

Peacock Butterfly in the garden Friday 9th December.

It was sunny, and relatively warm in the sunshine (although pockets of frost still on the ground). I had opened the shed up and been moving stuff around earlier.

 

[Andy Adcock]

We still have tons of Butterflies on the wing, commonest right now are Painted Ladies.

 

[Richard Prior]

Minus 4C at dawn on Saturday (17 Dec), on our walk up the lane in the mid morning sun we found two Alpine Accentor feeding on a rocky roadside slope where the snow had melted, we then had the surreal experience of seeing a Clouded Yellow flutter up next to one of the Accentors before resettling on a rock for a mid December sunbathe!!

 

[KenM]

A balmy 12 degrees Centigrade after a -12C two nights ago, the missus called me down from the “crows nest”…..me thinks the latest Dec.one for me?😮

 

[Richard Prior]

A balmy 12 degrees Centigrade after a -12C two nights ago, the missus called me down from the “crows nest”…..me thinks the latest Dec.one for me?😮

The Admiral calling you down from the Crow’s nest Ken, all very nautical over there!

 

[KenM]

The Admiral calling you down from the Crow’s nest Ken, all very nautical over there!

I’ll do my strutting Peacock Richard, for the ID.🤩👍

 

[Richard Prior]

Gadzooks, my insect identification skills are nearly as bad as my ornithological ones!

 

[KenM]

Gadzooks, my insect identification skills are nearly as bad as my ornithological ones!

Are you any good at Swans? 🤣👍

 

[Richard Prior]

Are you any good at Swans? 🤣👍

Oh yes, for example, this photo shows the tricky ssp vestas

 

[KenM]

Oh yes, for example, this photo shows the tricky ssp vestas

A matchless response Richard….couldn’t find it in Collins 😮…..remember, you only get one strike/string and your out!🤣

 

[aeshna5]

Red Admiral in flight today in Kew Gardens.

 

[Sharp Shin]

This Red Admiral was found on a shop window in Wickham Market, Suffolk, 20th December. Quite a clash of seasons!

 

[Jon Turner]

A Red Admiral was photographed at Instow in North Devon yesterday.