Red Admiral

Yesterday we had the first sightings of Orange-tip, Peacock & Red Admiral butterflies! No females seen unfortunately, but hopefully they were all far too busy laying eggs. The Peacock was feeding on the Prunus posted previously, whereas the Orange-tip seemed quite content just to motor his way up and down the Old Garden and Red Border. I saw a pair of Red Admirals later on in the day with a rather enterprising chap taking a fancy to my work boots, shortly after I had sat down to try and photograph him. He basked in the sun from this position for some time before the old legs started giving me gyp and I was forced to move slightly which, I’m sorry to say, scared him off.



Red Admiral with his wings closed (click to zoom in).