Butterflies in UK

There has been a noticeable increase in the last couple of weeks of Butterflies and insects especially Bees. Lots of variety as well.

Lots of fledglings fluttering around as well so it's a pleasure to stand and watch the activity in the garden for 10 minutes every so often.

Same here thankfully WN, a lot more butterflies around, mainly Whites and little brown jobs, as I call them. Peacocks, Holly Blues and the occasional Red Admiral. More moths as well. We love to sit in garden and watch what’s going on, what is around, passing over. Hedge trimming today, nothing too drastic, just a bit of a tidy. 

Happy Yorkshire Day btw.

What a difference a few weeks makes from my previous observation in June, we have now been commenting on seeing more butterflies in the garden (and elsewhere) than we have seen for a couple of years  we have even seen a couple of species that we haven't seen for quite a time .

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Yes the last couple of weeks seen a good variety. Small tortoiseshell, peacock, holly blue, whites, comma, occasional red admiral, meadow brown and gatekeeper. The latter is a first for our garden. Perhaps not the numbers of actual individuals however.

What size is the butterfly you have seen and is it more white or not, just gone through two of my books but still not sure DD.

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This might help DD. I think Dorset does get some unusual sightings…

https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/identify-a-butterfly?page=1

Pleased to say we have a lot more around now, especially Large and Small Whites, Speckled Wood and Holly Blues.

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