For today's walk we joined the coast path at the north end of the village, crossing the Golspie Burn which is currently running very low. Unlike the rest of the country, we're forecast some rain today, rain which we badly need.
The track runs close to the sea, along a narrow strip of meadow land which has always been good for wildlife, and today didn't disappoint as, despite the overcast, we spotted....
....half a dozen painted ladies....
....the first common blues of the year, some of them....
startlingly blue, and....
....a few six-spotted burnet moths.
We also found this butterfly. I'm not sure what it is, perhaps a grayling or a rather worn painted lady..
A sad old Painted Lady, doing the best it can with worn out equipment.
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