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Butterflies native to the British Isles

Small Heath
A new species for me, taken in the fields near my house in Suffolk

Small Heath
Captured in the fields near my house in Suffolk

Common Blue (male)
A roosting Common Blue, taken in the early evening in the fields near my house in Suffolk

Two Blues
A male and female Common Blue taken in the evening in the fields near my house in Suffolk

Comma on Smoke Bush
Taken in my Suffolk garden

Common Blue (male)
Taken in the evening over the weekend in the fields at the back of my house in Suffolk

Beautiful Peacock
Taken in my Suffolk garden

Brown Argus
Taken in the afternoon in the fields around my house in Suffolk

Brown Argus
Taken in the evening in the fields around my house in Suffolk

Small Copper
A first for me, this Small Copper posed beautifully for me and this is one of the resulting images. Taken in the fields at the back of my house in Suffolk.

Common Blue (male)
The Summer Blues have finally emerged, this male is looking lovely and pristine

Gatekeeper
The first Gatekeeper of the summer taken in my Suffolk garden

Common Blue (male)
K5AB9995

Common Blue

Brown Argus
K5AB9965

Common Blue (female)
K5AB9949

Common Blue (female)

Common Blue

Small Skipper
K5AB9780

Brown Argus
K5AB9775

Common Blue
K5AB9763

Small Copper
K5AB9507

Small Copper
K5AB9458

Essex Skipper
I spotted these for the first time this year amongst the other Skippers in the fields at the back of my house.

Small Skipper
A male Small Skipper in the fields near my house in Suffolk

Ringlet
Taken in the fields at the back of my house in Suffolk. Lots of these

Large Skipper
A Large Skipper feeding on Lavender in my Suffolk garden

Small Tortoiseshell
Sitting on Lavender in my Suffolk garden

Green-veined White
Feeding on Lavender in my Suffolk garden

Meadow Brown
Feeding on Lavender in my Suffolk garden

Meadow Brown
A Meadow Brown shot in the fields behind my house

Small Skipper
Taken at Long Melford Country Park

Small Tortoiseshel
Taken at Long Melford Country Park

Common Blue male
Taken in the fields at the back of my house.

Common Blue (male)
Taken in the fields at the back of my house.

Orange Tip (Male)
A shot I’ve been after for quite a while this male Orange Tip Butterfly finally obliged and landed on this Honesty flower and stayed long enough to catch this shot!

Orange Tip (Male)
I’ve been waiting for some time to get a shot like this and this week this male Orange Tip Butterfly obliged by landing on this Honesty flower just long enough!! Happy weekend to all

Green-veined Whites
A mating pair of Green-veined White Butterflies captured this week

Green-veined White
A Green-veined White Butterfly resting on a leaf

Brimstone on Dandelion
A Brimstone Butterfly feeding on a Dandelion flower

Speckled Wood
A Speckled Wood Butterfly newly emerged from it’s Cocoon at the beginning of Spring

Speckled Wood
A lovely clean and new Speckled Wood Butterfly in my garden yesterday

Comma on Blossom
The first signs of Spring

The first butterfly of Spring
A Peacock buttefly, the first of Spring 2014

Common Blue
A Common Blue male, another shot from the local set-aside at the side of the field near our house in Suffolk, resting on Birdsfoot Trefoil

Common Blue
A male Common Blue shot backlit which shows the underwing pattern nicely through the wings

Common Blue (Female)
Another Common Blue female somewhat worn.

Common Blue (Male)
The first of several shots of Common Blues I found in the local farmers set-aside meadow this week.

Peacock & Buddleia
A Peacock feeding on my Buddleia

Small Tortoiseshell
A rather battered Small Tortoiseshell resting on my Buddleia

Gatekeeper
Another Gatekeeper for today, this time resting on Japansese Anemone.

Large White
A Large White butterfly feeding on Buddleia

Small White
A Small White butterfly feeding on Lavender

Comma
A Comma (Polygonum c-album) butterfly sunning itself in the early evening

Red Admiral
There have been so many different species of butterfly in my garden recently. This Red Admiral was sunning itself with it’s wings spread nicely for me.