Brown but a blue!

First a correction!
 Friday's lizard was actually a Common or Smooth Newt! I realised too late but have now sorted it!

We had a lovely wander this afternoon (Sunday) .... 'up the road' again :-)

No sign of the newt so hopefully it has found a safe place to hide!

We did see this lovely female Common Blue butterfly.

You can just see a hint of the brown on the upperside of the wings, whereas the males are blue! The underside visible here has a rather distinct pattern.

Extra ~ a Moorhen with two young swimming across the river.

Stay safe everyone :-)