Much the same here, orange tip, brimstone, holly blue, peacocks, speckled woods all been spotted so far. I didnt think it was particularly early but maybe Im just misremembering. We did see the first swallows last saturday though and Im pretty sure we dont usually get them until early to mid may
Saw a couple of what might have been tortoiseshells circling each other engaging in what i assume was some sort of mating ritual. It looked pretty exhausting to me.
I saw this comma the other day, the first time I've seen what I presume must be an overwintered one. I've seen the ones mentioned above but not a blue yet.
Yes @BlueBirder ... it was that these were flittering around over the flowerbeds and then working their way up over the clematis on the fence up on the high bank where I couldn't get close enough to see ... but they weren't 'up in the air' as I'm used to watching Holly Blues fly around here, and that I couldn't see the dark border so I reckoned they were Common Blues. I usually see the Holly Blues higher up around the tree branches ... I have noticed that I'm seeing butterflies of all sorts quite a bit earlier than usual this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I saw a holly blue a few days ago in my garden and what might have been a comma in the woods yesterday. I get next to no butterflies in the garden, though loads of moths. Not sure why.
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I've seen the ones mentioned above but not a blue yet.
I have noticed that I'm seeing butterflies of all sorts quite a bit earlier than usual this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.