Painted Ladies

These Painted Lady butterflies are everywhere this year and it is a once in a decade occurrence.   When the children were out walking they spotted a flock of over thirty of them, which was a delight.
See below for a little more info:

A once-in-a-decade wildlife phenomenon could be seen in the UK this year with a mass influx of painted lady butterflies, experts have said.
While it is a common immigrant from Europe to the UK each summer where its caterpillars feed on thistles, around once every 10 years there is a painted lady “summer” when millions arrive en masse.  The last such influx was in 2008 when 11 million arrived.