This Small Tortoiseshell and a fly-past Red Admiral this week will probably be the last butterflies of the year, unless we get a really surprise hot Halloween. In exchange for insects there’s a changing of the guard with the bird life - the last of the chiffchaffs appears to have moved on this week, but I had my first Lesser Redpoll of the winter yesterday and there seem plenty of Redwings about as well as a regular Red Kite back over the village.