The sun never really came out and though there was the odd patch of blue sky, it remained cloudy all day, which made my next discovery a bit of an oddity. On what is left of the Purple Loosestrife a Helophilus pendulus hoverfly was feeding on the last remaining flowers. What makes this hoverfly unique is that its other name is the Sun-fly as it's "normally" only ever seen when the sun is shining brightly.
The Sun-fly
Comes into land on the Purple Loosestrife
On the Buddleia there were 4 Red Admirals, 2 Large Whites, a Small Tortoiseshell and for the first time that I've seen this year a Speckled Wood actually stopping over in the garden and feeding alongside the Red Admirals. However my first impression of it, was that it was a very pale Comma, the wings were absolutely shredded and it wasn't until it opened up them up that I realised it was a Speckled Wood.
Red Admiral on the Buddleia
One of two Large Whites in the garden today
Not a Comma but a very bedraggled Speckled Wood
Just about hanging in there.
In fact after a bit of googling I came across the BBC's "How to grow your own butterflies" Page and their Commas took approx. 2 weeks. So there we have it. So I shall have to keep my eyes open as there were at least 4 caterpillars a few weeks back.