Two Common Blue females, a brown and a blue one, seen at my local spot by Wagon Lane Solihull this morning @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Nice fresh Brown Argus seen at my local spot by Wagon Lane this morning @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Ringlet in my Solihull garden yesterday (Thursday 2/07) @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Yellow-legged Clearwing to VES lure late yesterday in my Solihull garden @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Three Lunar Hornet Moths to the LUN lure in my Solihull garden yesterday morning between 10.00 and 11.00am @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Always nice to see a Swallow-tailed Moth in my Solihull garden moth trap.

Lulworth Skippers seen last weekend at Corfe Castle, Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door and Durlston Country Park. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Lots of Silver-studded Blues seen at RSPB Arne last Friday and again on Sunday.

Nemophora degeerella seen in my Solihull garden earlier this afternoon @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Scarlet Tiger Moth, Buff-tip and Lime Hawk Moth to my Solihull garden moth trap last night @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A single Duke of Burgundy also see at Old Winchester Hill last Friday @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Stopped off at Old Winchester Hill on the way down to our daughters in Emsworth last Friday (8th) and found a few Grizzled Skippers under mostly cloudy skies with a few brighter breaks @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Two of the three Small Coppers seen at the local park by my moms house here in Solihull on Tuesday @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Another Holly Blue female in my Solihull garden this afternoon @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Male and female Holly Blues in my Solihull garden this afternoon @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Orange-tip, one of half a dozen seen this morning at local spot by Wagon Lane Solihull @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A bit of a ladies day this morning in my Solihull garden with females of Holly Blue, Orange-tip and Brimstone visiting @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

The female Orange-tip that spent all day yesterday and last night settled in my garden warmed up in the sun this morning and took off just after 09.00 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Female Orange-tip settled in my garden this morning. She hasn't moved since the clouds built up again and is still there now @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A female Orange-tip seen at my local spot by Wagon Lane Solihull this morning @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Female Brimstone laying eggs on alder buckthorn in my Solihull garden this afternoon @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Orange-tip seen at my local spot by Wagon Lane Solihull this afternoon @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Small Tortoiseshell's turn to be the most numerous species at my local spot by Wagon Lane Solihull earlier this afternoon with 10 seen, supported by half a dozen each of Peacock and Comma @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Had a wander down to my local spot by Wagon Lane this morning to try and catch some butterflies feeding up on blossom before they scattered for the day. A total of 10 Peacocks, 4 Commas and 3 Small Tortoiseshells seen @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A dozen butterflies seen this afternoon at my local spot by Wagon Lane in Solihull, mostly Commas (7) but also Peacock (3) Small Tortoiseshell (1) and Brimstone (1) @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Pale Pinion was the best moth of just 10 of 4 species to my Solihull garden moth trap last night, the rest being Common Quaker (6), Clouded Drab (2) and Hebrew Character (1) @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A single Oak Beauty was the best moth among a total of 23 of 3 species to my Solihull garden moth trap last night, the others being Common Quaker (15) and Hebrew Character (7) @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A nice bit of sun this afternoon here in Solihull gave me my first butterflies of the year at my local spot by Wagon Lane with 3 each of Peacock and Comma seen @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

First time last night with my Solihull garden moth trap this year with a result of 11 Common Quakers and singles of Clouded Drab, Early Grey and Common Plume Moth @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A wet and miserable Blue Monday so here is a Common Blue from last year to brighten things up,

7 moths of 8 species to my Solihull garden moth trap last night including Feathered Thorn (1), Chestnut (1)and Barred Sallow (2). Also LYU (7), Lunar Underwing (1), Rush Veneer (1) Eudonia angustea (1) and LBAM (3)

Lunar Underwings from my Solihull garden moth trap last night showing typical variation.

Common Blue and Small Copper seen at my local spot by Wagon Lane Solihull this afternoon before the rain returned.

Silver-spotted Skipper female seen on Old Winchester Hill last Friday. More details and photos here, www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/viewto...

Whilst visiting our daughter down south last week found a few Hummingbird Hawk-moths on a windy Thursday afternoon at Pagham Beach. More details at www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/viewto...

Given how badly they did around here last year I was chuffed to find at least 4 Small Coppers at my local spot by Wagon Lane in Solihull when the sun came out this afternoon. More details and photos at www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/viewto...

A Clouded Yellow, one of two seen on The Lizard last week. More details at www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/viewto...

Lot of Painted Ladies on The Lizard last week www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/viewto...

Grayling and Wall Brown seen on The Lizard last week.

Some nice 2nd brood Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries seen down on The Lizard in Cornwall last week.

A male and female Speckled Wood from my Solihull garden this afternoon.

Small Copper had a very poor year around my local patch in Solihull and so far this year I had failed to find one, therefore really pleased to find one at my local spot by Wagon Lane this afternoon

Some nice fresh females among 20+ Common Blues seen at Blythe Valley Park this morning.

After finding a Painted Lady at Blythe Valley Park near Solihull last week, I found two more there this morning. Confirmed as different examples to last weeks by comparing photos

Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Holly Blue and a pair of Green-veined Whites seen in my Solihull garden today.

A couple of NFGs to my Solihull garden moth trap in the shape of Tawny-barred Angle and Least Carpet.

A fresh out of the box Painted Lady seen at Blythe Valley Park near Solihull this morning.

Green-veined Whites seen at the local park by my mom's house in Solihull yesterday (Tuesday). The female on the right is showing the rejection pose to a male that is out of shot. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

The understated beauty of a female Green-veined White in my Solihull garden today.

I like the way this Gatekeeper has come out against the shade behind it. Photo taken in my Solihull garden this afternoon.