Heath Fritillaries and White Admirals of June.

Way back on the 4th of June, I was traveling within 10 miles of Blean Woods, and since i had never been there, i thought it would be rude not to! especially since my fellow bloggers had reported on having a great time seeing/photographing the Heath Fritillary. I had both my wife and son with me, so i knew i couldnt stay there that long(the wife gets bored, and wonders why i have to take more than one photo!!!) We arrived at 3.00pm and left at approx. 3.30pm, the sun was shining, so the light was perfect for photos. After a short walk, and without searching too hard, we soon found some fantastic looking butterflies.

Some photos then, please click on an image to enlarge, cheers.

There were of course, some potential mating activities too!

This last photo is one of my favourites, it shows the pair in mating mode, but whilst most of the photo/butterflies are in focus, the female(I would presume) must have fluttered her wings as i took the shot, which left a motion blur/effect to her wings. It could be a long time before i get a shot like that again?!

Fast forward to this last Sunday, the 26th of June. 

I went for a late evening trek to my patch in search of a White Admiral, and saw my 1st one at approx. 7.30pm, unfortunately it was once again playing hard to get, it didnt land at all, but just flew off out of sight.

The sun was getting low, so I had one last idea, and that was to go to higher ground.

A 10 minute walk and i was there, I stood up high on "Butterfly Hill"(this hill/area was named by my young son) because its where we have found a few butterflies these last few months. It was getting close to 8.00pm and despite me searching the area, i couldnt see anything at all. At the bottom of the hill, there is a very large Buddleia bush, and as I walked past that to make my way home, what should fly past me and land in the bush? A White Admiral!!!

I took some nice shots, and I saw 2 to 3 other White Admirals flying high over the rear of the bush, they were way out of range though, I didnt care, I was happy with just the one White Admiral.