Category: David

When not in flower, dead nettles look somewhat like nettles, which they are not. Hence they are “dead”, that is, they don’t sting.

This small plant was growing from the mortar in the sandstone wall of Worfield church.

For two weekends a year there is free entry to National Trust properties including Wightwick Manor. These flowers were pictured during the March weekend.

Not wild, but too gaudy to resist.

Woodland flowers bloom early in the year, before the leaves on the trees cut down the light falling on to the ground. A small honey bee (top picture) was taking advantage of these wood anemones, one of the few sources of nectar in mid-March.

I suspect this is a seven spot ladybird: the most common species.