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Peacock butterfly resting on a dandelion flower, with its long proboscis reaching down to eat.

A spurge lit by early morning sunlight recently.

Skunk cabbage is originally a north American plant.

Here growing on the edge of the upper pool at Wightwick Manor.

Lesser celandines and violets growing on the bank leading up to Mops Farm bridge over the canal near Castlecroft.

Silverweed growing at the side of the towpath near Compton.

Dead nettles are “dead” because they don’t sting. They don’t sting because they are not, in fact, nettles, though they look similar. The red dead nettle’s leaves are red/purple while they are still growing, with flowers of a similar colour.

White dead nettles have whitish flowers.