View of an orange butterfly with black, white, brown, yellow and blue markings resting on a pinkish white flower.

Small Tortoiseshell. Photo: John East

John has sent us this photo telling us:

Whilst having lunch today, 01/03/2021 we noticed something fluttering in one of our Daphne bushes so went outside to investigate and found this Small Tortoiseshell nectaring on its highly scented flowers.  This is the third butterfly species we have seen this year in our Hinton St Mary garden.  Not surprisingly the butterfly is a bit tatty round the edges having survived a winter hibernation.

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