Red Admiral in Winter Gardens at Anglesey Abbey, Cambs today

Nick

Walk along sunny sea front at Walton-on-the-Naze; 2 Large White, 1 Red Admiral and my first Clouded Yellow of the year!

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One Peacock sunning itself on south facing wall of my house yesterday,

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Brampton Wood, Saturday morning - lots of Butterflies including my first White Admirals of the season. Undoubted highlight however was this unusual Comma - possibly ab. suffusa?



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Clouded Yellow & Red Admiral at Holkham Gap, Norfolk today.

Nick

1 Wall & at least 3 Red Admirals in Holkam Woods today while searching for migrant birds. First UK Wall I have seen for several years!

Hi Pete; Similar to Dilettante's suggestion you could try a 'Digital Grey Kard DGK-1 White Balance Card / Gray Card for Digital Photography' (Amazon) or similar, these are a set of 3 credit card sized cards - one each of black, white and mid grey. This technique is applied post shoot using your RAW ...

Flocks of Peacocks!!! At least 30+ fresh Peacocks on the Buddlijas in my garden over the weekend - many years since I can remember these numbers in the garden :) - only 1 Small Tortoiseshell however in comparision :( . A couple of weeks ago we noted large numbers of Peacock caterpillars in the local...

After being caught out by the early season last year I was determined to see my first ever Duke this year. Arriving At Ivinghoe Beacon early Sat morning butterflies were thin on the ground - a cold north easterly not helping matters. By late morning a few hardy souls were on the wing ; Green Hairstr...

Small Tortoiseshell & numerous 7-Spot Ladybirds enjoying the sunshine on the Cambridge Science Park yesterday,

Nick