Royal welcome for resurgent Large Blue population

The weather has improved; the butterflies are flying.

I’m fortunate in having a white buddleia bush growing next door. Butterflies on purple buddleia are gorgeous, but on white buddleia the brightly coloured Vanessas, especially Red Admirals, are spectacular.

This year, it is almost all Red Admirals that festoon the plant. At times, three together occupy a single long, fat, conical flower head.