Our common vetch (Vicia sativa) is in flower. It’s a scrambling plant and you’ll find it among tall grasses, holding itself upright with the tendrils that grow from the tip of its leaf stalks. Its bright pink flowers attract all kinds of invertebrates.

Our common vetch (Vicia sativa) is just coming into flower. It’s a scrambling plant and you’ll find it among tall grasses, holding itself upright with the tendrils that grow from the tip of its leaf stalks.

Last week, Ian Bushell found and photographed bush vetch (Vicia sepium) near Puddle Corner.