Brant Broughton butterfly
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Brant Broughton butterfly by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image: © John Sutton Taken: 5 Oct 2006
Hundreds of Red Admiral butterflies were feeding on the ivy in this thick hedge on a balmy October morning: this is just one of them, snapped by a man experimenting with his first digital camera, then a few weeks old and going strong more than eight years later.