5-28 Common Speedwell, Blue False Indigo, Cow Vetch, Little Wood Satyr butterfly

5-28 Common speedwell - one of 11 Speedwells found in our area - has started its flowering.

Blue False Indigo is a garden escape that flourishes on river banks and gravel bars.

Cow Vetch - yet another alien species - drapes one-sided racemes of violet flowers through fields and roadside tangles.

The handsome brown butterfly called the Little Wood Satyr is common where woods meet old fields. John