Amazing summer continues

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Aftermath from the gales on 4th August.

Tideline (currently spring tides)

And some butterflies enjoying the hot sun on my buddleia.

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The one on the right had been attacked by a bird (or maybe a small mouse when it was asleep)
I, of course, know what they are, but I'll leave you to test your knowledge.
After identifying, you can cheat and look at the file name

It is 80 years to the month since my mum caught a butterfly and sent me on a lifetime interest.  It was one of the species illustrated here that has become very much more common and widespread over the decades.  I used a net all those years ago but today I 'catch' with a camera.  A Comma - relatively new colonist in my part of Scotland refused to be 'caught' today!   But I did yesterday.

Jack