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Robin assertively facing me down as it stood on a stump by the edge of Island Pool, Baggeridge Country Park.

Betony, also known as bishopwort – cone of purple flowers visible among the tall grass of meadows.

Pond skater which was zooming across the surface of a slow-moving stream in Sutton Park. One of the larger of the nine species of pond skaters in Britain.

Meadow brown butterfly, perhaps a female, resting half-hidden in long grass as it warms itself in the morning sunshine.

Buddleia bushes usually have elongeted cones of purple flowers: this species has balls of orange flowers. Buddleias are often known as the butterfly bush. These pictures were taken a bit early in the morning for butterflies, but bees were already enthusiastic visitors.

Corncockle arrived in Britain in prehistoric times, coming as a weed in wheat when wheat growing was introduced. This flower was on another of the plants in the sewn wildflower bed by the Ranger’s hut at Baggeridge Country Park.