Well yesterday we had what could turn out to be the last nice day of the summer :-( After a so-so butterfly summer we had hundreds yesterday. The most numerous were small tortoiseshells and red admirals (which love rotting windfall apples) but we also had loads of meadow browns and one comma and one brimstone. If you like butterflies try to get hold of a plant called Sedum "Brilliant" which is the best butterfly attractor I've ever come across (it looks similar to Sedum "Autumn Joy" but that one, though great for bees, isn't much good at attracting butterflies). There were lots of a hawk-moth which I'm just about to look up! My tipple was a glass of Prosecco, but only later on I hasten to add!