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Flickr Collections → British Butterflies & Moths → Butterflies 2013

All Butterflies taken in the wild in the UK during the Summer of 2013

Small Tortoiseshell
Wing detail of a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

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

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

Common Blue (Female)
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Common Blue (Male)
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Common Blue (Male)
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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
I’ve seen several Gatekeepers in my garden this year. This is the first one I’ve managed to get close enough to for a decent shot.

The Eye of the Comma
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The Eye of the Comma
My resident Comma butterfly allowed me to get close enough for a high magnification macro shot of his eye!!

Large White
A Large White butterfly feeding on Buddleia

Comma
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Peacock
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Peacock
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Peacock
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Small White
A Small White butterfly feeding on Lavender

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

Green-veined White
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Small Skipper
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Small Skipper
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Comma
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Large Skipper
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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.

Meadow Brown
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Orange Tip
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Orange Tip
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Orange Tip
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Small White
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Speckled Wood Butterfly
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Speckled Wood Butterfly
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Speckled Wood Butterfly
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Orange Tip
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Butterfly and Blossom
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My latest posts

I only upload what I think are my best images to Flickr and have been doing so since 2012. My latest uploads are shown here.

LBN 634 & LDN 1333 (in Explore 30 Nov 2025)
A region of dust at a high declination in the northern hemisphere including Lynd’s Bright Nebula LBN 634 and the neighbouring Lynd’s Dark Nebula LDN 1333. Also visible in the field are a few distant galaxies including PGC 768235 some 263 million light years away. After a long hiatus over the summer I’ve finally managed to complete this project started in late September and completed mid November on the first clear night for weeks. I have several other projects in the can so hopefully will finish processing them soon. More details can be found on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/iyjxrn

Tulip Nebula (SH2-101) (in Explore 26 Aug 2025)
The Tulip Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The image also shows the bow shock from the Cygnus X-1 blackhole (the central blue region glowing in Oxygen III emission). Alternative versions and capture details on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/uux69q

NGC 7822 & SH2-171 (in Explore 26 May 2025)
The central region of NGC 7822 which includes SH2-171 and the young star cluster Berkeley 59 in narrowband, presented in SHO with RGB stars. The area is also covered by various LDN and LBN designated areas of dust which contrast nicely with the emission areas. I’ve concentrated on processing this to bring out as much detail in the darker areas as possible. Full capture details on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/k610uo

The Strawberry Nebula (SH2-263 and VdB 38) (In Explore 11 March 2025)
I have been very fortunate over the past week to have had 7 continuous clear nights which is unheard of here in Devon, in fact I can’t ever remember having such a prolonged spell. This image of the Strawberry or Raspberry nebula is the first from this week. SH2-263 is an emission nebula juxtaposed with the reflection nebula VdB 38. The main sequence, blue giant HD34989, located around 736.26 light years from Earth, illuminates the nebula which is located just north of the star Bellatrix in the head of Orion. Capture details on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/yuajdn Apologies if you’ve seen this before, I accidentally deleted it so I’m reposting it!

The Tadpoles (IC410)
The Tadpoles My latest astro image taken recently. The Tadpoles is an emission nebula and star forming region in the constellation Auriga. The colours are determined by assigning the three main bands of emission to the R,G and B respectively – Sulphur SII to R, Hydrogen Alpha to G and Oxygen OIII to Blue. This colour mapping was first developed for the Hubble telescope an hence known as the Hubble palette. High resolution and capture details: app.astrobin.com/i/d7e1ps

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