Meadow Brown

[Chocky]

Captured along the Exe estuary.
I think the first two are the female they are the same one at different angles and the third pic (a different one near by ) is a male.

[Merlin]

A nice trio of pics of the Meadow Brown Beryl.

This year looks set to be a disaster for butterflies. The best I have seen - with a struggle - have been one or two Large and Small Heath, and the other day I saw a Large Skipper......this is becoming serious.

Pete.

[Chocky]

Yes Thank you Pete.
Down here the council is more interested in shaving every thing to the ground so it looks neat for the summer visitors. This is a holiday town . Nothing for the residents in the winter, never mind Wrens and Robins who build there nest close to the ground or the butterflies. The banks of the brook a not just trimmed but shaven so no butterflies along there same along the estuary.
Very sad

[Chocky]

Have found these all to be males will look out for the female apparently she is lighter