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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Our garden visitors 2020

Following my last post:

Butterflies seen at home.  The numbers vary from year to year as do the numbers seen. Some seen rarely!


In no particular order. 

Identification reference "Butterflies of the British Isles" ,published by Hamlyn in 1988, By J A Thomas and all listed below.

Basic list from Simon Barnes book : "Rewild Yourself " and seen here:


Painted Ladies

Red Admiral

Peacock

Small Tortoiseshell

Large White 

Small White


Also seen by me in our garden:

Small Skipper 

Large Skipper

Brimstone

Green Veined White

Orange Tip

Small Copper

Holly Blue

Comma

Speckled Wood

Marbled White

Gate Keeper

Meadow Brown

Ringlet.

What will be interesting is to record what we can see in 2021!