A White-letter Hairstreak, a light brown butterfly with white lines on its wings and a series of orange spots at the edge of its lower wing, on a yellow ragwort flower in the sun

A White-letter Hairstreak butterfly on a yellow ragwort flower

A White-letter Hairstreak butterfly on a yellow ragwort flower

A White-letter Hairstreak butterfly and fly on yellow ragwort flowers at Pitt Down, Hampshire in August 2021

#AButterflyADay My last one and I have enjoyed doing it so thought I'd post four photos today. The White-letter Hairstreak, these photos are all from a great view I got of one at Pitt Down in August 2021. #Bugsky #UKButterflies #UKWildlife

A White Admiral, a black and white butterfly, on a leaf in the sun. In the top left corner of the photo is a watermark reading "Daniel Brown (@Dans_Pictures) - my name and Twitter username

#AButterflyADay White Admiral at Martin Down in 2017. #Butterflies #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Wall Brown, an orange butterfly, on a rock in the sun with its shadow visible at Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire in June 2025

Wall Brown at Strumble Head in June. #AButterflyADay #UKButterflies #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Speckled Wood, a dark brown butterfly with cream coloured spots, on a green leaf in the sun

Speckled Wood at Lakeside Country Park in April #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Small White butterfly on a yellow dandelion flower

#AButterflyADay Small White out the front in March 2020. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Small Tortoiseshell, a red butterfly with black and orange spots and a blue edging on its wings, on purple marjoram flowers at Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire, England in August 2021

A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on a yellow dandelion flower in the garden of the cottage we stayed at near Carrbridge in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland in May 2024

A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on a rock at Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales in June 2025

#AButterflyADay One of my favourites the Small Tortoiseshell, a splendid spring and summer sight. I'm making an exception and posting three photos for this one as I've realised it's possibly the only butterfly species that I've photographed in England, Scotland and Wales.

Small Skipper, a small orange butterfly, on grass

Small Skipper at Lakeside in June 2022 #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (SPBF) butterfly with its wings closed on purple heather at Fen Bog Nature Reserve in the North York Moors in June 2022. The wings closed photo showing that it has more white spots on its wing than the Pearl-bordered Fritillary (PBF) and black chevrons around the white patches at the edge of the wings compared to the PBF's orangey chevrons.

#AButterflyADay Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary. One I've not seen for a few years now sadly but I enjoyed seeing this one at Fen Bog Nature Reserve during a Yorkshire trip in 2022. #Bugsky #UKWildlife #UKButterflies

A Small Heath, a brown and orange butterfly, on grass in the sun

#AButterflyADay Small Heath at Lakeside in June #UKWildlife #Bugsky

A Small Copper, a red and black butterfly, in the evening sun at Lakeside Country Park, Hampshire in June 2023

Small Copper at Lakeside in 2023 #AButterflyADay #UKWildlife #Bugsky

A Small Blue butterfly on a leaf in the spring sunshine at Martin Down, Hampshire in May 2025

Small Blue at Martin Down in May #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A male Silver-washed Fritillary, an orange and black spotted and lined butterfly, on white bramble flowers

#AButterflyADay The species that got me into butterflies, Silver-washed Fritillary. As a young birder I saw one in the New Forest and said I'd like to know what that is, I soon got an ID book and the rest is history. This one at Crab Wood last summer. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A photo of a Silver-studded Blue, a blue butterfly, on purple heather

#AButterflyADay Silver-studded Blue at Acres Down in the #NewForest in 2024. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly on vegetation

#AButterflyADay Silver-spotted Skipper at Perham Down in July. #UKButterflies #Bugsky #UKWildlife

Ringlet, a dark brown butterfly with its wings open

#AButterflyADay Ringlet at Lakeside Country Park in 2023, a species I always enjoy seeing in summer. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Red Admiral (vanessa atalanta), a black, red and white butterfly, on the ground in the sun at Winnall Moors, Winchester, Hampshire in October 2023

#AButterflyADay One of my favourites the Red Admiral at Winnall Moors in 2023. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Purple Hairstreak butterfly on a leaf in the sun

Purple Hairstreak at Knepp in June #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Purple Emperor butterfly drinking sap from a tree branch which has lichen on at Knepp in Sussex in June 2025

Purple Emperor at Knepp in June #AButterflyADay #UKWildlife #Bugsky

A photo of a Pearl-bordered Fritillary, an orange and black butterfly, in the sun

#AButterflyADay Pearl-bordered Fritillary at Bentley Wood in 2023. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Peacock butterfly, a red butterfly eyecatching eyespots, on the ground in the spring sunshine in March 2022 at Lakeside Country Park

Peacock at Lakeside Country Park in 2022 #AButterflyADay #UKWildlife #Bugsky

A photo of a Painted Lady, an orange, black and white butterfly, on a purple knapweed flower in the summer sun

#AButterflyADay One it is always a delight to see, the Painted Lady, this one at Magdalen Hill Down in 2022. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A male Orange Tip, a white butterfly with orange and black patches at the tip of its wings, on a white bramble flower with the bramble's green leaves also visible

#AButterflyADay Orange Tip on a bramble flower at Pitt Down last year, one of my favourite spring species. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A photo of a Northern Brown Argus butterfly in the sun at St Abb's Head, Scotland in June 2019.

#AButterflyADay A Northern Brown Argus I enjoyed seeing at St Abb's Head in 2019. #Bugsky #UKWildlife #UKButterflies

A photo of a Meadow Brown, a brown and orange butterfly, with its wings open

#AButterflyADay Meadow Brown at Martin Down in 2023 #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Marsh Fritillary, an orange butterfly with a mosaic like pattern on its wings, in the sun

Marsh Fritillary at Martin Down in May #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Marbled White, a black and white butterfly, on a purple knapweed flower in the sun at Stockbridge Down, Hampshire in July 2025

Marbled White at Stockbridge Down in July. #AButterflyADay #UKWildlife #Bugsky

A female Lulworth Skipper, a small orange butterfly with the distinctive crescent marking on its wing, on a purple knapweed flower in the sun at Durlston, Dorset in 2023

#AButterflyADay A lovely Lulworth Skipper at Durlston in 2023. #Bugsky #UKButterflies #UKWildlife

A Large White butterfly on a yellow dandelion flower in the sun

Large White in 2024 #AButterflyADay #UKWildlife #Bugsky

A photo of a Large Skipper, an orange butterfly, on a leaf in the sun

#AButterflyADay Large Skipper at Stockbridge Down in 2020. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

A Holly Blue butterfly with its wings closed on a stony path

Holly Blue at Lakeside in 2023 #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife