First Flutters of the Year

A belated post of my first Butterfly sightings of the year. Taken at Marston Vale Country Park Bedfordshire on 23rd. March.

Comma (polygonia c-album)

Small Tortoiseshell (aglais uricae)

Also seen but alas no photographs -
Peacock (inachis io) and Brimstone (gonepteryx rhamni)


And three days earlier I took this photograph in my garden

Early Grey Moth (xylocampa areola)

You'll notice that the rear of the wings are out of focus, this could be down to my poor photography but, in my defence the moth was vibrating it's wings very fast at times. I don't know if this was some kind of defence mechanism or it was just warming up it's wings prior to taking flight?