The sunshine is working its magic! Though our overnight temperatures are still dipping below zero (Celsius), the days are finally full of blue skies and sunshine, and that has encouraged more insects to awaken, including this handsome male Brimstone. As butterfly fanciers will know, these newly emerged males rarely stay still; they patrol their territory constantly, sprinkling their pheromones over the vegetation, always searching for the females that emerge a little later than them. As I watched this one though, I realised that, after every two or three circuits, he was resting in the same place, and I managed to fire off a few quick photographs before he flew off again on his relentless search for a mate.