Blue, Brown and Copper

10th August 2025 - there were still good numbers of butterflies around early in the month, and the meadow beside Granta Park lake held good numbers of the smaller blues and coppers. The Common Blue males were easy to spot, with their eye-catching blue wings, and the Brown Argus (confusingly also a 'blue') has striking bright orange spots along the edges of the dark brown wings. Similarly striking were the small but even brighter orange underwings of the Small Copper.

Common Blue male

Brown Argus female

Small Copper