This summer many of us are keeping an eye out for butterflies to count their numbers. The Country Life Picture Library has a growing selection of images of the natural world - here we showcase a selection of some of their images of butterflies you could spot if you keep your eyes peeled - although they're not all British native species.
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly on lilac bloom, Verfeil in the Midi Pyrenees.
A painted lady butterfly on Buddleja Wind Tor at Longstock Park Nursery Garden
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) on flower
Silver studded blue (Plebeius argus) butterflies mating at Higher Hyde Heath Reserve.
Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi) on foliage in Bulgaria
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly on flower.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
