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A black butterfly with white markings on a green leaf

White Admiral. Photo: Gary Holderness

A black butterfly with white markings on a green leaf

White Admiral. Photo: Gary Holderness

Gary sent in these photos telling us:

I went to RSPB Garston Wood this morning 02/07/24 hoping to see if Purple Emperors were on the wing but unfortunately I didn’t see any. There were however still butterflies about despite the cloudy weather including this White Admiral which came down from the trees to give excellent views.

A black butterfly with white markings on a green leaf

White Admiral. Photo: Mark Pike

A blackish butterfly with white and orange markings on a green leaf

White Admiral. Photo: Mark Pike

Two photos from Mark sent in telling us:

My favourite butterfly, the White Admiral.  There were around half a dozen at the bottom of Piddles Wood this morning, 21/06/2024, probably more, but only this pristine specimen stopped for a brief moment to allow these shots though!

Two brown, orange and white butterflies with black markings, both resting on the ground

White Admiral and Purple Emperor. Photo: Caroline Stringer

Caroline sent us this photo montage she made of two separate butterfly pictures showing the undersides of both a White Admiral and a Purple Emperor. The photos were both taken on the same day in July this year at Garston Wood. Very interesting to be able to compare these two species side by side.

Black butterfly with white markings on some green-painted wood

White Admiral. Photos: Penny Hawes

Penny spotted this unusual sighting at Compton Acres in Poole on 17 July. It’s the first one she has seen there, and the venue is a bit surprising, but we hope it’s a genuine sighting, not a release.

Interestingly, White Admirals are often recorded on Brownsea Island, which is not that far away. There are conifers around the Compton Acres area, and butterfly expert Jeremy Thomas says: conifer plantations provide “good breeding conditions for the White Admiral, albeit for a relatively short period in their middle age, when the trees are beginning to close up, but before the woodland floor is cast into deep shade.

 

A brown and orange butterfly with blue, black and white markings nectaring on a pink flower

Painted Lady. Photo: Mark Pike

A brown and white butterfly with orange and some black markings on white flowers

White Admiral. Photo: Mark Pike

Mark sent in these two photos of a Painted Lady and White Admiral he saw at Garston Wood on 07/07/2023 commenting that the latter in particular seem to be very thin on the ground at this location this year.

A black butterfly with white and some russet colour markings on a green leaf

White Admiral ab. rufoannulata. Photo: Mark Pike

Two orange butterflies with black markings on a white flower

Silver-washed Fritillaries. Photo: Mark Pike

Two photos sent in by Mark with the following comments:

Thought I had better have a look at Alners today, 23/06/2023 as others have said there is a good show going on there at the moment.  The White Admiral is ab. rufoannulata that has the rusty colours at the tips and bottom of the wings, and is not that uncommon.

A brownish black butterfly with white markings on white bramble flowers

White Admiral. Photo: Mike Kirby

A brown butterfly with white, black and orange markings on a green leaf

White Admiral. Photo: Mike Kirby

Two photos from Mike sent in with the following comments:

It was great to see such a good variety of butterflies at Alners Gorse yesterday, 21/06/2023 including Marbled Whites, Small Tortoiseshells (welcome back!), Green Hairstreak, fresh Silver-washed Fritillaries and a minimum of 8 White Admirals.