elelphant hawk moth?

hi been for walk along canal in ellesmere port, earlier saw a worn peacock

i saw my first small tort today in the sunshine, bit chilly but made my day

i found a red admiral years back that hadnt had its wings pumped up properly, so i took it in and fed it on some buddlia cuttings and fruit, but died after a couplr of days, but at least had abit of life

ok david will see what its like over the weekend at the mo its tucked up underneath my bed

to be honest, david its in my back bedroom and its cold in there, doesnt get hot at all

hi anyone help me? ive a small tortoishell found its way into my flat prob to hibinate its on the back of one of my post shirts hanging on back of my bedroom door, it seems all tucked up, though noticed its antenae are out today, shall i leave it as it is till about feb or let it out on a fine day? ty

elephant hawk moth?

maybe if its wandering round patio its looking for somewhere to pupate?

saw fresh looking peacock today while on my post round

very sunny day on my post round in whitby, ellesmere port, saw half a dozen small tortoishells on peoples garden plants and a couple red admirals on fallen fruit and few whites and think it was a hedge brown

is it a drinker moth?

id say they were small tort, but hmm dont know of any moth that lays lots eggs on nettles? id go for small tort

thx lee not many round this part cheshire but think they re movin in now, lotta garden centres so they may have alder buckthorn/buckthorn shrubs there

we took the pup out earlier today as driving along saw what looked like large white butterfly, could it be or too early for whites? maybe a female brimstone?

saw a red admiral today on my post round flying from a garden, sunny but only bout 9 c

think thats the elephant hawk moth

shame they dont live longer. like the red admirals and others of their family

first one one of the browns? meadow or hedge?

im just back from paignton and saw a fritillary, think it was a dark green variety flyin over victoria park, stopped for few secs and had green sheen on wings, first one ive ever seen