This butterfly was enjoying the late season nectar of the Michaelmas Daisies and some warm October sunshine at Blackburn Meadows in Rotherham this week.

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Blackburn Meadows Nature Reserve, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

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Blackburn Meadows nature reserve, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

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Not sure the head-on shot works for butterflies! Image taken at Centenary Riverside, Rotherham.

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A bud and an open flower of this common and often disliked plant. The image was taken at Blackburn Meadows, a nature reserve on the boundary between Sheffield and Rotherham managed for nature by the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust.

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