It's well overdue for starting. This is the link to last years thread
Butterflies and Moths 2023
There haven't been a lot of butterflies around here this year so far. The earliest was a fresh Red Admiral on the 3rd of january
Since then I've seen a Speckled Wood & Peacock. There have been Brimstone's about but I haven't seen them. Plenty of time left in the year to go chasing butterflies.
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Thanks William
Thanks SnappyMac
Really great & very lucky capture Mr Kes, fascinating moth, only ever had one in a moth trap!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Thanks Wendy it’s a lovely looking moth.
Wall (I think) at South Stack last week (along the path to the lighthouse so I didn't manage an underwing shot Cin, as that would have been slightly perilous lol... and how was Upton?)
Nice Butterfly PB, not managed to photograph one yet.
Speckled Wood, in the woods:
Thanks Snappy, first one I've seen in 2 or 3 years, thought at first it may have been one of the fritillaries
Nice find. I have never seen any fritillaries
Common Heath Moth, also from South Stack... but it had started raining.... just for a change!