Great numbers of butterflies on the trails today, including this lovely Ringlet that obliged by showing both sides of its wings!
There was this Small Tortoiseshell too which looked lovely with the sun lighting it up.
Not to mention the Common Blue we saw at Ardnave yesterday that looked like it was chased off the thistles by none other than a Small Tortoiseshell! Amazing. Here's a previous photo of one from the reserve.
All good stuff, not least because it's the Big Butterfly Count this month! If you want to take part, follow this link to Butterfly Conservation's http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/. It runs between July 19th and August 10th so why not have a go!