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More escaped garden poppies – these had flowers which were various shades of purple.

Poppies which I came across in a variety of locations. The large flowers make it likely that the ones growing wild were escaped garden varieties.

Poppies. The pink petals, on double flowers, indicate these were probably from a garden variety, even though they were growing “wild”

Mullein (velvet plant) in the garden at Lavington’s Hole, Bridgnorth. On some stems the flowers wer still buds, on others they had started to open.

One of this year’s cygnets on the canal at Castlecroft, now grown so that it was no longer cute and fluffy.

Ladybird resting on thistle leaves. It must have recently visited a flower, leaving smudges of pollen on its head and wing.