Small Tortoiseshell

The first butterflies of the year were fluttering around the Erica in the sunshine yesterday. At one stage there were three, but by the time I went in and got the camera, they had all gone. I caught this lonesome fellow later in the day though.

[Sally Ings]

Butterflies are so pretty but not the easiest to photograph

[Issi Bannerman]

@salza You're right. 62 snaps to get one or two decent ones!

[Bep]

Nice capture.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

this is beautiful, such massed flowers as a background too :)

[Pat Knowles]

A little bit of warm sun makes us all feel better, good to see the first butterflies sunning themselves!

[Shanne]

great capture - but not easy to do

[Sarah Bremner]

Fabulous....so early for them and lots of ladybirds around here too. Hope they have cosy places to escape the frosts.

[Pam Knowler]

Beautiful capture! I haven’t seen any butterflies yet. Soon I hope!

[Denise Wood]

So sweet on the flowers :)

[Richard Sayer]

Nice - let's hope we don't have a cold snap that kills them all off.

[Kathy]

I think of butterflies in summer rather than in spring, but saw one somewhere I was just this week.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely capture :)

[Gayle]

Fantastic capture! Love the clear butterfly details and the colors are beautiful. :-)