I had a week off work this week, so on Tuesdays I nipped over to the Berwickshire coast to look for Small Blue butterflies. There are a few small colonies of these lovely little butterflies along the coastal slopes, where their food plant, Kidney Vetch, grows.
I visited a little earlier in the year than I have done previously, so there were fewer butterflies around, but I was delighted to find a few Small Blues all in lovely condition.
The Kidney Vetch wasn't very apparent this year and I assume it will grow quite quickly and come into flower, to provide somewhere for the butterflies to lay their eggs.
In addition to the Small Blues, there were some Green-veined Whites flying.
Also, two Wall Browns.
Although the Gorse provides lovely flowers, which an amazing scent, it can spread rapidly and smother the other vegetation in the area.
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