A male Orange Tip showing beautiful underwing; they don't stop for long! Taunton 13.4.24 BC Somerset & Bristol Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Somerset Wildlife Trust UK Butterflies Wildlife Sightings #butterfly

A Tree Peony flowering in my Taunton garden 13.4.24 Kew Gardens The RHS #peony #flower

An Orange tip butterfly on Bluebell in Staplegrove, Taunton 13.4.24 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Somerset & Bristol UK Butterflies Somerset Wildlife Trust #butterfly BBC Wildlife

Spotted a Dotted Bee Fly in my Taunton garden 30.3.24 Somerset Wildlife Trust Buglife Insect Week BBC Wildlife Wildlife Sightings

First Speckled Wood of 2024 in my Taunton garden 24.3.24 Somerset Wildlife Trust BC Somerset & Bristol UK Butterflies #Butterflies

A Comma butterfly enjoying sunshine in Staplegrove, Taunton 30.3.24 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Somerset Wildlife Trust BC Somerset & Bristol #Butterflies UK Butterflies Steven Cheshire's British & European Butterflies🦋

A remarkably fresh Red Admiral on Daphne in my Taunton garden 18.2.24 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 WildlifeSomerset BC Somerset & Bristol Somerset Wildlife Trust UK Butterflies #butterfly

My first butterfly of 2024 is a Red Admiral. Too shy to be photographed so here is one from last July showing splendid colours. Taunton 11.2.24

Sparrowhawk making a splash in my Taunton garden pond 9.2.24 Somerset Birds RSPB Somerset Wildlife Trust WildlifeSomerset

A Sparrowhawk in my Taunton garden pond 9.2.24 RSPB Somerset Wildlife Trust Somerset Birds Hawk and Owl Trust

A Painted Lady butterfly on Buddleia seen in Staplegrove, Taunton 13.9.23 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 UK Butterflies BC Somerset & Bristol iNatureUK Team4Nature #butterfly

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Bath time for this Sparrow hawk in my Taunton pond 5.10.23 RSPB Somerset Wildlife Trust Hawk and Owl Trust Wildlife Sightings #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD

A Sparrowhawk took a pause from bathing to watch a Southern Hawker dragonfly. Taunton 5.10.23 Somerset Wildlife Trust RSPB British Dragonfly Society Freshwater Habitats Trust BTO Garden BirdWatch Hawk and Owl Trust

A Painted Lady on Buddleia in Taunton 13.9.23 BC Somerset & Bristol Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Europe #TwitterNaturePhotography UK Butterflies iNaturalist

A Small Copper butterfly at Catcott Lows, Somerset 14.9.23 BC Somerset & Bristol Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Avalon Marshes Somerset Wildlife Trust #TwitterNaturePhotography #butterfly

A Painted Lady on Buddleia in Staplegrove, Taunton lit up by evening sunshine 13.9.23 BC Somerset & Bristol Netherclay Community Woodland Butterfly Conservation 🦋 #TwitterNaturePhotography BC Europe #butterfly

A Painted Lady showing the beautiful underwing in Taunton 13.9.23 BC Somerset & Bristol Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Europe #BBCWildlifePOTD #TwitterNatureCommunity iNaturalist iNatureUK

At last: a Painted Lady in Staplegrove, Taunton 13.9.23 BC Somerset & Bristol Butterfly Conservation 🦋 UK Butterflies Somerset Wildlife Trust BC Europe

Brown Hairstreak butterfly visiting my garden in Staplegrove, Taunton 11.9.22 BC Somerset & Bristol Butterfly Conservation 🦋 UK Butterflies Somerset Wildlife Trust BBC Wildlife #TwitterNatureCommunity #butterfly