Last butterfly of the year 2024 (1 Viewer)

[Farnboro John]

Red Admiral at the Scarlet Tanager site yesterday, on and off all day (a lot easier than the tanager!)

John

 

[aeshna5]

Red Admiral (& a couple of Common Darters) at the London Wetland Centre today.

 

[Farnboro John]

Red Ad outside my front door as well.

John

 

[cafe birder]

4 red admirals and a comma on one patch of ivy at RSPB Ham Wall today. Along with the largest concentration of hoverflies I've seen all year, almost all drone and tapered drone flies

 

[dwallace]

2 Red Admirals on my South Hampshire patch at Chilling and 1 in my garden today.

Dave W

 

[David Ferguson]

Speckled Wood yesterday at Fulmer, Bucks, the latest I have ever seen.

 

[Scridifer]

After five days of rain/overcast a bright sunny morning brought a couple of Small Coppers, three Queens of Spain, five Clouded Yellows and a solitary Red Admiral. Forecast good for tomorrow so will do a transect walk.

Chris

 

[aeshna5]

2 Red Admirals flying in overcast conditions at Arne today.

 

[Scridifer]

Yesterday was overcast all day so walked my eBMS transect this morning. Cold (6-8°C) but felt much warmer in the sunny still conditions. Still plenty of Clouded Yellows & Queens of Spain, a few Small Coppers and singletons of Brown Argus, Red Admiral, Wall Brown and Large & Small Whites.

Chris

 

[aeshna5]

Surprisingly 2 species for me today. The first, not much of a surprise, a Red Admiral fluttering around in a sunny wooded glade in the gardens of Osterley Park & briefly basking on a Yew.

The second species was more unexpected. I visited the garden centre across the road & there was a butterfly weakly fluttering around the entrance. I could see it wasn't a Red Admiral. As it settled it proved to be a Painted Lady, possibly arriving on yesterday's southerly winds as I read this morning several were found on the Dorset coast such as at Durlston & Portland.

 

[dwallace]

Red Admiral today on my local patch at Chilling, south Hampshire.

Dave W.

 

[aeshna5]

Another Red Admiral at lunchtime on Wormwood Scrubs.

 

[Scridifer]

7°C and a chilly north westerly wind but one Clouded Yellow braving it this morning.

Chris

 

[KenM]

Suspect my latest ever flying Peacock, within the lounge and kitchen this evening.😮

 

[KenM]

FWIW the long staying Peacock (probably since August) during a HP period.
When first found to all intents and purposes, appearing to hibernate on the vertical tiled wall in the downstairs loo (remained) in the same spot for a week!
When I decided to net it and put it outside in the sunshine, unfortunately it escaped in transit when I walked across the lounge and was forever lost until last Friday (see the last post).
Thereupon disappearing again until this evening, when it reappeared as we were preparing dinner, where it surprised me by putting its probiscus into some water spill on the working surface and appeared to be “imbibing”
Clearly it’s clock/thermometer is out of kilter somewhat.
Will report back, if there are any other developments. 😮

 

[Scridifer]

Five Red admirals and a surprise Small Copper yesterday around Mandra Lake in Burgas.

Chris