First butterfly this year: Small White on Sunday 20th March – Bulwell Forest Golf Club. I was in the car on my way to TESCO.
First butterfly on the farm: Peacock and Brimstone – both spotted by Julia on Friday 1st April during a farm walk.
I saw a Peacock this morning too.
I’m very bad at recording things but I do know Peacocks are the first butterflies we normally see and that I took a picture of one on a crocus last year, indicating that it was a month earlier than this sighting, though last year was warmer and I’d actually seen a Small Tortoiseshell in Peterborough the day before the Peacock on the farm.
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Sorry about the poor photo of the Brimstone – we don’t see them often and I don’t always have my camera with me when we do see them.
I thought I saw a couple of butterflies flitting past the window on Good Friday but haven’t seen any since then. Great photos!
They can be elusive at this time of year. Hopefully they will get more regular soon.
Never apologize for a butterfly photo. Anytime you catch them, it’s good.
Thanks. 😉
You’re ahead of us
You’d see more if you weren’t always so busy! 😉
D’you know what?
I just had to nip back up to the allotment because I’d left my cameras up there after a mornings satisfying digging….
… What happens with me is when I have my camera I see nothing to snap and when I don’t I see stacks.
Good capture!
Yes, never fails. A camera sometimes feels like kryptonite. 😉