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Tuesday, 30 August 2016

A Final Flurry of Flutters

We are fortunate to observe several really colourful Butterfly species in UK.
This is likely to be one of the last butterfly posts of the year.

Peacock
A lot of fuss is made about the Purple Emperor, but surely there is no more colourful species than the Peacock. Dependent on the available light you also get a variation in colouring.







Comma






Red Admiral











The other day I was complaining that I had not seen many Common Blue Butterflies about.
In the last week they have suddenly put in an appearance, which is better late than never.







Large White



Small Tortoiseshell










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21 comments:

  1. Belén Menéndez Solar30 August 2016 at 08:11

    ¡Maravilloso reportaje, Roy!. Tenemos la suerte de compartir las mismas especies. En mi región, Asturias, vuelan 144 mariposas. Tendréis que venir un día a verlas, los Picos de Europa son un lugar excepcional. Un abrazo.

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    1. Roy Norris30 August 2016 at 23:41

      Gracias tanto Belén. Me gustaría visitar un día.

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  2. Anonymous30 August 2016 at 12:47

    Brilliant!

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  3. Simon Douglas Thompson30 August 2016 at 14:43

    Common blue? Peacock? You are very very lucky to have seen them, the second flight seems to have been wiped out here!

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    1. Roy Norris30 August 2016 at 23:38

      Its the second flight that has performed well here Simon.

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  4. Wilma30 August 2016 at 17:37

    How wonderful these images are; as if each and every one could take to the air right off the computer screen!

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  5. Anne Hagman-Niilola30 August 2016 at 19:23

    Hei Roy! Kauniita kuvia! Siellä on samanlaisia perhosia kuin täällä meillä;-)) Jännää kun välimatkaa on kuitenkin paljon.

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    1. Roy Norris30 August 2016 at 23:37

      Kiitos Anne, kyllä se on pieni maailma todella.

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  6. Nathailes SANTA MARIA30 August 2016 at 20:58

    Very very beautiful pictures Roy. What a diversity, good job :)

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  7. Margaret Birding For Pleasure31 August 2016 at 07:03

    All beautiful butterflies and well photographed.. Can you check my post today to see if ID the butterflies correctly please.

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  8. Rowan3 September 2016 at 11:01

    I've noticed a lot more butterflies over the last couple of weeks. The Peacock is my favourite of all I think, it's really atttractive and I usually get lots in my garden once the ripe fruits appear on my Victoria plum tree.

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    1. Roy Norris4 September 2016 at 19:24

      Yes D, I think some species were a little late this year.

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  9. Unknown5 September 2016 at 06:30

    Beautiful butterflies! There still were a lot of butterflies yesterday.

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    1. Roy Norris5 September 2016 at 15:00

      Thanks Gunilla. I hope to find a few more yet, nothing different I guess.

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  10. Helma5 September 2016 at 19:48

    Holy shit !!!!
    A gorgeous post with an attractive range of fantastic beautiful butterflies.
    Really a compliment!

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    1. Roy Norris7 September 2016 at 00:02

      Thanks Helma.
      Google translator got the exclamation slightly wrong there, but never mind.{:))

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  11. merlecolibri 9 September 2016 at 18:12

    wonderful butterflies photographies * the blue ones are rare here !

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