View of black and reddish butterfly with some white wing markings

Red Admiral. Photo: Paul Godier

View of black and reddish butterfly with some white wing markings nectaring on Ivy plant flowers.

Red Admiral. Photo: Paul Godier

Despite the recent very changeable weather, Red Admirals have been seen in many parts of Dorset and Paul found this to be the case on Boscombe cliff on 20/10/2019 where he saw eight of them enjoying the late burst of nectar available from Ivy flowers.  He sent us photos of two of them and also mentioned that whilst there he saw a Hummingbird hawk-moth flitting on Plumbago.

Red Admirals are usually most abundant in September but in mild, sunny Autumns it is not unusual to see them on the wing well into November with many migrating back towards the continent at this time.

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