Red Admiral Release...

I collected this little fella as a caterpillar a few weeks ago. He was around for a few days then turned into a pupa. Ten days later this gorgeous creature emerged from it's chrysalis and we released it in the garden, on to the buddleia. Firstly I could not believe that it didn't fly off straight away, then what came next was quite incredible......

Small Tortoiseshells on our Buddleia

These gorgeous creatures have been in our garden for the last 4 days, but at this point there were about 30 all at one time just on the buddleia (although they were really difficult to count!) We just couldn't believe it!!!