Butterflies in the Garden

Every time we've stepped outside these last few days, the garden seems to be lifting with butterflies of all shapes and sizes.

Here are some of our favourite photos, most of them taken using digital zoom! (Well, what else?)

Holly Blue...

Gatekeeper...

Silver-washed Fritillary...

Map butterfly...

Scarce Swallowtail alongside a Gatekeeper...

Swallowtail...

And although this is not a butterfly, we couldn't leave out the colourful Jersey Tiger Moth..

This shot is slightly blurred as it catches the Jersey Tiger in flight, which shows its colour so beautifully...

Digital zoom is going to take over our lives, if we're not careful!!