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Wurzel
Hi Dave,millerd wrote: The route home takes in the A423 around the market town of Southam. Part of the cutting in which the road lies is carpeted at this time of year with kidney vetch and I wondered whether the Small Blue had succeeded in getting a toehold here (I saw one at this spot a few years ago). We parked in a convenient layby, and wandered along the verge, much to the bemusement of passing drivers no doubt who would have wondered what we were peering at. I spotted the first two Small Blues right next to the car, and over the small stretch we examined, we must have seen seven or eight. It was 1830, and the butterflies were basking and going to roost in the shrubs, so there may have been quite a few more. I'm not sure whether this colony has established naturally from the nearby population in Southam Quarry, of whether it has had an "assist" beyond the planting of the vetch. Whichever it is, it seems pretty healthy.
Dave