Chasing Butterflies !!! Stamps and Photos.

Thinking of my childhood days of chasing butterflies , one memorable pastime..got onto me again; with my Nikon Camera I went out to catch a glimpse of these beauties- I did find some colourful butterflies in a 1 mile radius around my home and the results were just fantastic.

The butterfly count in the UK this year has been great - thanks to the soaring temperatures , ideal for butterflies.

Peacock Butterfly

The Peacock can be found in woods, fields, meadows, pastures, parks, and gardens, and from lowlands up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) elevation. It is a relatively common butterfly seen in many European parks and gardens.

 

When I first spotted one it was busy on some flowers and was there for an hour , not a very busy flier like the cabbage butterfly. It gave me a good opportunity to take some really good close photographs. 

The colourful Peacock butterfly

 

 Speckled Wood Butterfly

 

A lovely looking butterfly ; simple colours , difficult to pick in the woods - well camouflaged with the woods I must say.

 

Speckled Wood Butterfly

Comma Butterfly

 

I never new why would anyone name a butterfly Comma - I looked at it and no way it resembled any. But I had a close look - it has a strange white mark on its winged which actually looks like a comma and there you go!! its simple to name butterflies :)

 

Comma Butterfly , look closely see the white comma white mark!!

Comma Butterfly

Common Blue Butterfly

 

This was tiny little butterfly and I had to really bend very low to get a photograph of it ...this is the best I could get at the moment.

 

Cabbage Butterfly

Red Admiral Butterfly

A lovely Red Admiral

 

 

 My recent Stamp Sets :

As a start to my new Butterflies and insects stamp collection I purchased the SG catalogue 1991 that has stamps identified for this thematic.

In an attempt to initiate I also got some beautiful butterfly stamps.

Just keep scrolling down - I am sure the colours of these stamps will definitely inspire you to start collecting.

The Peacock butterfly 1st stamp.