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Tall cow parsley flowering

Tall Cow Parsley Flowering

Cow parsley and related umbellifers are characteristic plants which colonise uncultivated land.

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Ringlet butterfly

Ringlet butterfly

Another species which is supposed to be relatively common, but which I don’t remember ever having noticed before.

Ringlet butterfly

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Birdsfoot trefoil flowering

Birdsfoot trefoil flowering

The name birdsfoot refers to the appearance of the small pods which will contain the seeds.

Birdsfoot trefoil flowering

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Greater knapweed flowering

Greater knapweed flowering

Greater knapweed flower. This one was near the summit of Barrow Hill, Pensnett.

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Moth resting by day

Moth resting by day

This moth was conspicuous as a dark patch on the bright green leaf.

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Peacock butterfly resting

Peacock butterfly resting

The butterfly was inconspicuous as it fed with its wings folded.