We might be heading into autumn but summer isn’t ready to let go just yet! The sun is shining and the butterflies are loving the warmth and making the most of the flowering garden.
The butterflies seem to be most attracted to the Echinacea, Erysimum and Buddleia at the moment. The coneflowers (Echinacea) are a particular favourite of mine with their variety of vivid colours.
The most common type of butterfly in the back garden is the Tortoiseshell, although the Small White butterflies now seem to be competing for that particular title. This past week, I’ve also spotted a Gatekeeper and a Peacock butterfly, but the Peacock butterfly didn’t hang around for long and I didn’t manage to get a photo.
Autumn will soon be taking over and I’ll miss the lively summer life of the garden.
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27 Comments
Yvonne (@Fiction_Books)
As ever, your pictures are amazing, although you have chosen some particularly beautiful subjects to feature!
As you say, the butterflies are really hanging in there this year, making the most of the warm, if not always sunny weather we have been having.
Even the huge swarms of angry wasps that the experts were predicting would happen this year, haven’t really materialised and eating outside has never been a real issue, so all’s good in the insect world right now.
We visited the Cotswold Wildlife Park yesterday and their gardens, which are always amazing, are hanging in there in full glorious colour this year and still full of bees.
Enjoy the Indian Summer and the autumn months ahead! 🙂
Nikki
Thank you! We’ve had some rain this past week, but it has still been pretty warm still.
Carol
so much beauty in your photos, I just love the flowers and butterflies
Jo
I haven’t seen many butterflies at all this year and now I know why, they’re all in your garden!
Nikki
Ill try to share them a bit more next year! 😀
Kris P
Great butterfly shots, Nikki. We also have a great many of the cabbage white butterflies but I haven’t seen the masses of other butterflies we’ve had in prior years. However, once my Senna bicapsularis blooms I should have a LOT of cloudless sulphur butterflies.
Kelly
Such wonderful photos of the butterflies! (which I find notoriously difficult to capture) I especially like that clip from Instagram.
Alan Rolfe
Always a delight to see butterflies.
Jordanne || Ofaglasgowgirl
Absolutely stunning photos! I love watching the butterflies, we’ve had so many in the garden this year.
Her Digital Coffee
These are such beautiful photos! Thank you for sharing!
Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter
Such beautiful butterflies, wonderful images.
Jayne
What excellent pictures and well done for having so much in your garden that is food for these beautiful creatures.
Nikki
Talking of food in my garden… Sadly, something has been eating my pumpkins!
LL Cool Joe
Beautiful photos. We finally seem to be getting some sunshine! This summer hasn’t been good. I’m really not ready for autumn.
Eunice Ratcliffe
Such stunningly beautiful photos, the colours are gorgeous. Most of these would make lovely postcards or greetings cards. Sadly butterflies never stay still long enough for me!
Nikki
Thank you so much!
Anca
I love all the pictures, the butterflies are so beautiful and you managed to get amazing photos of them.
Lisa
Wow, so many butterflies! Our buddleias have been swarming with them too, it’s just wonderful to watch.
jeanie
These photos are absolutely dazzling. What glorious blooms and butterflies! I love every single one!
CherryPie
So pretty, I had a couple of Red Admirals fly into my bedroom this afternoon.
I had to coax one of them outside again 🙂
Ann Coleman
Gorgeous photos! I’m not ready to let go of summer yet either!
Cristina Rosano
I mean these pictures are stunning! I had the chance to see plenty of butterflies luckily this year and they are such amazing insects! x
Sophie
They’re such beautiful photos! Your close up shots are always stunning x
Tilly
Love the photos, all our flowers are nearly dead, Autumn hit our garden a couple of weeks ago.
Aimsy
Wow! You have captured some beautiful photographs. I am not ready for summer to end, it is one of my favourite times of year mostly due to all the flowers that are out!
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Aimsy xoxo
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Ann
Your butterfly photos are absolutely fantastic, Nikki! xxx
Felicity Grace Terry
Oh my goodness, what an eye for a wonderful photograph you have. Despite butterfly friendly plants in the garden and lots of bees visiting we rarely see a butterfly let alone such a variety of them … maybe its just too cold for them here in the North East of England.