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Thursday, 3 August 2023

Nothing 'common' about either of these two delights...

Female Common Blue Butterfly 
Lots of Blues today enjoying the plentiful Birdsfoot Trefoil in the wildflower meadow.

Moorhen eggs from the Common ubiquitous but striking black, grey, red and white birds with oversized feet; the beautiful eggs yield rather unfortunate looking chicks, the type that only a mother could love, before they transition into the rather more refined adult birds.