+Glafnazur Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 After hardly seeing any butterflies so far this year my buddleia has quite a few today. I've counted at least 8 Red Admirals, 4 large white and 1 small tortoiseshell today. I saw a couple of painted ladies at the weekend and a comma, but the one butterfly that I haven't seen so far this year is a peacock, normally they are one of the most prolific species visiting me. Has anyone else seen many of them? +Streetbob and Doc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Same here today Dave, 4 Red Admirals, 2 Comma's a Gatekeeper but no Peacocks! Did see some in May though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 I spent 15 minutes outside earlier for the Big Butterfly Count. I didn't see a peacock but managed 18 butterflies in total over 6 species. +Streetbob, +Ibbo and +RonC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Ironically, after sitting in the garden for a while yesterday afternoon, i noticed a really large butterfly land on the fence behind me. It was a Peacock !! It was a really big one ; unfortunately i didn't get chance to grab a camera before it moved on. +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 Nice one Rob, still no peacocks for me, loads of Red Admirals here again today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 Finally on Sunday I saw a peacock on the buddleia 🙂, in fact there were two but they wouldn't pose for me Here's a few from Sunday and one from yesterday all taken using my mobile. Meadow Brown (I think) Peacocks Small white Small tortoiseshell Red admirals and finally a comma philjay and +Bino-viewer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 A very tropical looking garden there Dave..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Bino-viewer said: A very tropical looking garden there Dave..... I don't know about tropical Rob but it's certainly a jungle. I'm going to have to blitz it sometime otherwise I won't have space to set up a scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 Had a brimstone in the garden today and I caught this little fellow in the buddleia, there were two or three flying about, is it a young robin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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