Went on a butterfly walk led by Richard Palk of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust this morning. The weather wasn't promising: overcast and with a strong wind. However, we did see and photograph some butterflies.



Selsley Common has a colony of Small Blue butterflies. These are the smallest of the British butterflies.

Also in the same area were several Dingy Skipper butterflies - the first Dingy Skippers that I have ever seen.

The other butterfly flying about this morning was the Small Heath butterfly. As the name implies, it is a small butterfly but the Small Blue butterflies were tiny by comparison.