Friday, July 28, 2023

Butterfly Weather

The sun, a rare visitor in these parts, deigned to make an appearance today and the local butterflies responded, though there were precious few species or us to enjoy, with not one to be seen in our garden even though we have two buddleia in exuberant flower. The butterflies along the coast path were sticking firmly to its preferred source of nectar. So the three small tortoiseshells were flittering between the thistle flowers....

....the two meadow browns stuck to the ragwort....

....and the several common blues - this is a female - when they settled, ffavoured the eggs-and-bacon.

By afternoon the sun was firmly out but a light breeze from the east kept the temperature down to the high teens - but we're not complaining, particularly after a miserable day yesterday.

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