A Small Tortoiseshell was on Buddleia Nanho Blue and a Gatekeeper butterfly was on Verbena bonariensis in the front garden when my daughter came home from school.



Along with the Large White butterfly that I saw earlier, that makes possibly 9 species in my garden altogether today. It seems to me that the Buddleia bushes and other plants are flowering earlier than I would expect; this increase in butterflies would normally happen in about 7-10 days time, so the butterflies seem to be arriving early too.