Elder flower

Elder flower

These tiny and abundant flowers can also be used to make a herbal tea.

Elder flower

Dock

Dock flower

Dock, the friend of anyone who has just been stung by a nettle. Here the flower, looking very similar to those of the related sorrel

Dock plant

And here, the whole plant.

Dock

Thistle

Thistle

The characteristic purple flowers of this thistle are starting to come out.

More damsel flies

Damsel fly

More of the damsel flies on the pool at Wightwick Manor in early June.

Damsel fly

The electric blue species were not pausing at all.

Damsel fly