An orange tip butterfly in between showers today.

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Bert.

Speckled wood butterfly at Cambus o may near Ballater this morning.

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Bert.

Green Hairstreak butterfly at Kinnaber near Montrose this morning.

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Bert

Female orange tip butterfly today.

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Bert.

At last some orange tip and tortoiseshell butterflies along the river path at the river don in Aberdeen. Around half a dozen of each seen late afternoon.

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Bert.

I haven't really been out looking for butterflies up here in Aberdeen but I had some peacock butterflies in my garden. Also here is a green veined white butterfly in the garden today. It's not my usual macro shot as I had a long Zoom lens... but not too bad

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Bert.

My overall favourite photo I took in 2024 was of a common blue at Fallin Bing near Stirling on June 3rd.

It's a wonderful well managed site covered in wild flowers.

I had to get down flat on my stomach to get the shot.......and squeezed off a few photos before it was gone.

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Bert.

Speckled Wood butterflies were in decent numbers throughout May at various sites I visited in NE Scotland.

David M wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:00 am Nice that you've got that species up there in decent numbers, Bertl.

Yes David. It's a fantastic site for both SPBF and PBF.

Small Tortoiseshell appeared in my Aberdeen garden between 18th August through till 22nd August. I didn't see anymore in the garden after that and they were in much lower numbers from previous years. I did manage to see another on the 16th September at Logie Steading Gardens. Best photos 📸 attached....

I visited my favourite site out at Cambus o May on Deeside on the 13th June and the 19th June. SPBF were in decent numbers on both days. Best photos attached.

Bert.

I only spent one day looking for small blues on the 25th May at a site in Glamis. Bert. Your photos were taken the same day that Ben and I were there, Bert. Maybe you were in the sand pits while we were on the railway line in the other direction. Chris You are correct. I was in the sand pits for a ...

Another scarce species for me in 2024. Seen around half a dozen at Cambus o may on Deeside on 19th June.

Bert.

Small coppers were a scarce species for me in 2024. I seen around half a dozen on a sunny day in Grantown on Spey on 18th May.

Bert.

I only spent one day looking for small blues on the 25th May at a site in Glamis. There were around a dozen on the wing that day. Best photos attached.

Bert.

A peacock appeared in a friend's house in Portmahomack near Tain last Saturday. He thinks he might have brought it in on some logs from the woodshed earlier that day.

Photos attached.

Bert.

Red Admiral were abundant in my Aberdeen garden during the whole of August. I just love sitting in my garden watching these beauties glide from one buddleia bush to the next.

Bert.

I only went out one day looking for this species while I was visiting Grantown on Spey on 24th July. I really need to spend some more time this year photographing this wonderful butterfly.

Bert.

I visited my local patch of meadow in Bridge of Don Aberdeen on 21st and 22nd June. There were plenty of ringlet butterfly on the wing. I always find them difficult to photograph as they flit amongst the long grass.

Bert.

I visited my favourite PBF site at Cambus o may on Deeside on the 20th and 21st May.

The butterflies were still out in good numbers but not near the 2023 sightings.

Looking forward to my 2025 visit.

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Bert.