At last

I was really pleased to find this Large White laying eggs on my sprout plants this afternoon as I have hardly seen any butterflies this year, a worryingly small number in fact. Of course, I now have a dilemma. Do I cover the plants and reduce the butterflies laying options or sacrifice a few plants to try and boost the butterfly population?  No contest really....... can you imagine a world without butterflies?

Added an extra of a mating pair of Small White I spotted later in the day.