Late summer butterflies

Here is a butterfly I saw this week but haven't seen very often before - a small copper (Lycaena phlaeas).  It has a wonderful metallic sheen in the wings that is better in real life than it shows here.

This is a wall (Lasiommata megera) which I see less often these days.  It used to be a common visitor to my garden.

The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria), on the other hand is much more common than it used to be only a few years ago and is now one of our commonest butterflies.

A few from the garden this week .  A red admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

A comma (Polygonia c-album).

And a small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae).

There have also been peacocks in the garden but I haven't seen a painted lady this year.