butterflies

well i will be honest Gem, i have never seen one before, but it is beautiful...i got up close and snapped this little fella having a snooze on my towel...the other one flew off, Max tried to catch it but i am glad he didn't, they are so lovely aren't they, so it's a red admiral huh....hmmmmm first time i have ever seen one....

so they don't actually come from England? isn't it strange that these butterflies migrate, i always thought birds did that and not insects like butterflies...you learn something new every day huh....thankyou...

Like everyone else, I would tell you it is a Red Admiral, and they do migrate, but have not been studied much. The site I looked at says they like yards and marshlands. Your picture is beautiful, glad the cat did not get the butterflies.

morning Gerty, yes i am glad that Max didn't catch it, i would have been sad if he had have, i think they are gorgeous, i have never seen one before so it was a joy to capture it on camera, we do have marshland closeby, but it was lovely that it chose my washing to have a rst....LOL...thankyou....

thankyou ron, isn't it wondeful looking at them amazing colours and patterns on their wings?, this is the first time i have ever seen one, especially in my garden, i have just looked at a better pic in the link tyou gave me, i am in awe, they are gorgeous, maybe they are feeding on the apples that have dropped in my garden, i did read that they eat bird droppings and fermented apples, so maybe they have found natures kitchen in my garden, they are wonderful creatures aren't they?

lol well at least i know what species it is now thanks to these people in here, i have no clue to where it will go next but i must say that it's a joy to see 2 of them fluttering around outside, they must be eating my fallen apples, and they are quite welcome to them also, i don't like the idea of them eating birdy poop though...LOL...it's quite a warm day today considering it's October, i am in awe with these little creatures, i am so glad that Max my cat didn't catch it because it would be sad to see it die in the "paws" of my moggie...LOL....

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this is the finch

This picture of the finch definitely looks like the bird I'm talking about except that the yellow wasn't that bright. Maybe it was the same, only this picture is a male and the one I saw was a female... hmmm... now that I think of it, as far as canaries go, only the male sings. My bird was definitely singing!

Maybe yours is a picture of a British bird and mine was it's U.S. cousin. Who knows?

It could have been a young finch or the silly things got mixed up and mine was a cross-breed, if that's even possible in the bird kingdom.

Whatever it was, I certainly enjoyed hearing that bird sing so loud it sounded like it was right inside my kitchen!

oh wow, that must have been glorious hearing that hittle fella chirping away like that, we have song thrushes here and they sound like they are having a ball chunnering away all morning, they normally some out at dawn, their tunes is the same as the other thrushes, or maybe the same one comes every morning at the same time, it's lovely to listen to it, it sounds like a concerto if a few of them get together, but i just love their little songs, i love birds, we get a few in the garden which i don't recognise, robins are the most common here and all they do is make like a squeek noise but they are gorgeous to look at, i really think that you may have a finch, also they could be from the same genetics, but like you said, yours isn't as yellow, but nevertheless, your so lucky to hhave him/her singing to you i would have loved to have heard that......

it's surprising how many species there are of butterflies, i spotted 2 blue ones recently but i didn't have my camera out so i couldn't get their picture, i love butterflies too, they remind me of freedom...they are gorgeous aren't they

it s lovely isn't it, well at least i know what species it is now....

i missed it as it opened it's wings fully, i was just about to get another pic and it flew off, luckily it caped the clutches of Max's clas, he almost had it....

well my landlady is a buff at anything like wildlife and insects, she also said that they like to live off sap and apples that have fallen, the apples in my garden are fermenting at the moment, so they will be feasting on them right now, i was so glad that Max didn't get his claws into it, that would have been really sad, there were 2 of them but one flew off, maybe they were looking for a place to eat, i am glad that i caught them on my camera too because i love butterflies, we have had a few in the garden which i have not seen before, there was this gorgeous aqua coloured one fluttering by in the summer, never seen it before, but i couldn't catch it on the camera, also we have had the common yellows and a few white ones too, it may have something to do with the flowers that i have planted too, i have seen a few land on certain plants....thanks opal...

Thankyou Gerty, i think a few people have confirmed it's species, i have never seen a red admiral before and they have never come this way especially resting on my washing...LOL...it is gorgeous, i am so glad that i got a few pic of it before it flew away....also Max almost got it but i chased hi away so he couldn't kill it, it was a rare moment for me seeing that beautiful array of colour in it's wings...