A pale blue butterfly with black spot markings on a pink flower

Holly Blue. Photo: Mark Pike

A greyish brown and blue butterfly with black, white and orange markings on a pink flower

Common Blue. Photo: Mark Pike

Two photos from Mark taken on 29/07/2026 and sent in saying:

I wasn’t actually looking for butterflies this morning when I came across this Holly Blue and Common Blue nectaring on the same plant at Bugley, near Gillingham.

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