Freshwater West

We are in West Wales visiting our friends Mark and Maggie and enjoying a pre-lunch stroll along Freshwater West beach. It has been raining and is a bit overcast, but the beach is a lovely sight.

So too are the beautiful pebbles at the back of the beach.

We walk to the end of the bay which offers us this view back.

We head inland across the dunes and quickly spot this lovely Pyramidal Orchid in the long grass ...

... quickly followed by this pretty Common Stork's-bill ...

..

... and then some Southern Marsh-orchids.

I was pleased to see a number of butterflies: mainly Common Blues, still very pretty despite the name. This is a male.

And here is the blue form of the female (often they have more brown and less blue)

Conditions: grey, becoming brighter.

Distance: a couple of miles.

Rating: four stars.