Starting off 2023 list already! 7 Winter moths - Operophtera brumata around the front door
Last years thread for newcomers can be found here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/279008/butterflies-and-moths-2022
Not sure what I will find this year as I will be possibly be doing more travelling in the UK
Cin J
Thats all of them. I kneeled down and stretched my legs out so that I could get down to its level possibly lower to get a close shot cause my phone wouldnt zoom in any further and it usually works best when I’m knelt down or lieing down to take a picture than standing up with thd butterflys if there on the ground in the grass. It let me get quiet close. Its interesting that butterflys let you get close them sometimes
Except this one of course It landed on the ground on the way out
Speckled wood
Perched in the flower blossoms and flower blossom petals from the blossoms aswell
I also saw a cabbage white at Daniels Brook but it wouldnt settle
i saw the cabbage white first when it turned up but it flew close to my face and fluttered around me then soon the comma appeared and flew onto the grass to bathe in the sun I saw a tortoiseshell aswell after but I didn’t make a close approach or take a photo cause it didn’t land for long enough then later on the way out a speckled wood fluttered past and landed on the ground
13th April
orange tip
Daniels Brook, Gloucestershire