Peacock

Here's a piccie of one of the peacock butterflies we recorded at Battle Great Woods on Saturday. I took a whole load of shots because the butterfly was being very helpfull and sticking around the same patch of flowers - a few of them came out well but I like this one best because you can zoom in and see lots of detail - I never noticed the lovely pattern at the top of the wings just either side of the body before.

April butterflies

Did our first butterfly monitoring of the year at Battle Woods on sunday. Saw Small Tortoiseshells, Peacocks and Commas. Matt got three Commas together in one net swoop, but they were a bit too warm and lively for a decent photo, so here's one from the mothership.