Along the track, butterflies etc.

I set out to take photos rather than just walk, but butterflies are tricky, and I haven't enough patience.

Comma co-operating by posing

One of those confusing brownish critters

and a different one

not a butterfly

Loosestrife or willow herb?

A few random flowers

Poppies

Flowers and tortoiseshell at Belton House

Red admiral on buddleia

Joined by a small tortoiseshell

Peacock butterflies

A bird, some bees and some butterflies

More butterflies

At last a few butterflies . . .

tortoiseshell on gravel path

red admiral on a buddleia bush

I'm quite intrigued by the spiral of the coiled proboscis.
I also saw lots of peacocks and several whites and yesterday a blue (holly blue possibly, but no pic).

Tortoisehell butterfly