First Butterfly of the year? (1 Viewer)

[KenM]

Found my “hibernating” Peacock today betwixt breakfast bar and floor!😮

 

[Scridifer]

Had a Red Admiral on the wing in glorious sunshine yesterday morning.

Chris

 

[KenM]

After going AWOL for a few days, found “Peter the Peacock” fluttering on the “blind string”today. 😮

 

[Jon Turner]

Found a Peacock sheltering in a woodpile the other day. Far too cold for it to be active, so I covered it up again and hope it will survive.

 

[GHOV02]

Too cold! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jon Turner]

A friend in Cornwall had Red Admiral (expected) and Comma (very much NOT expected!) in his garden today (pic Cornwall Birds).

 

[dantheman]

Peacock butterfly disturbed today whilst emptying out a shed. A bit later it was flying against the window and starting to get tangled in old spider webs so I shepherded it towards the door where it flew off strongly and disappeared into an ivy covered tree.

 

[earthdragon64]

Just heard of a Small Tortoiseshell up on the coast at Findhorn 2 days ago when the temperature was at a balmy 13C.

 

[KenM]

“Pete” the Peacock has just put in his first February appearance this pm, eight months after his first! 😮

 

[Richard Prior]

Two Small Tortoiseshell here on this sunny afternoon, still only 1°C in the shade at 15h though.

 

[Southern Viking]

Got my first today. A Red Admiral flying in the mild sunshine along the Centurion Way, near West Dean in W Sussex. A Platycheirus albimanus got the hoverfly yearlist going too, and a Yellow Dung Fly was probably trying to tell me something by landing on my leg. Had a frustratingly brief smallish (carpet sized) geometrid moth flying past too.

 

[KenM]

FWIW “Pete”the Peacock is now departed, came into the house (during a high pressure period in late June), and has finally succumbed on the window ledge this week.
I was hoping he/she might make it to the Spring…but alas😩

 

[Farnboro John]

Live Peacock flying in the sunshine this lunchtime just outside my back garden.

John

 

[aeshna5]

Live Peacock flying in the sunshine this lunchtime just outside my back garden.

John

It would be interesting to see a dead one flying!

 

[Farnboro John]

Added Red Admiral at Pulborough Brooks RSPB today near the cafe.

John

 

[KenM]

My foy Brimstone in Epping Forest this pm.

 

[Harry Stottle]

Lots of Brimstones today.

 

[Georgebirds]

Yes, my first active butterfly of the year was a Brimstone today, too

 

[aeshna5]

Yes, my first active butterfly of the year was a Brimstone today, too

My wife has just come back from the shops & seen a male Brimstone by our front garden but then disappeared. Frustratingly I've spent much of the day in the front garden lowering a hedge & other than great views of one of our local Red Kites, nothing of note. Still no butterfly for me!

Last year had January & February Red Admiral sightings.

 

[Southern Viking]

Was just watching my first Peacock of the year flying around from my window at work (in Littlehampton).