Late valley butterflies

In what has been generally not a very good year for butterflies, walks down the permissive path to Ashton  last week have yielded a surprising number of  them. Species such as Red Admiral, though low in numbers during the hot summer month, have continued to fly during the Indian Summer of October. and are still being seen on the south facing bank alongside he path. Also seen during the week were Small Copper, Small Heath and most remarkably of all a total of sixteen Clouded Yellows in the Open Access field just north of the cricket field. These were drifting eastwards and as this is a butterfly that doesn't survive our winters they may have been attempting a reverse migration. No picture I am afraid as they didn't settle long enough.