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Cow parsley is one of the first umbellifers to flower each spring, and often grows in clumps along hedgerows.

A dandelion flowering by the path in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve. On the flower, a common nettle-tap moth was quite active as it probed down for nectar.

Pale blue petals of a forget me not, which was growing by the Railway Walk at Newbridge.

Delicate pink herb robert flowers. These were growing by Wightwick Mill lock.

A mass of flower buds on an elder bush, just about to open their tiny petals.

Jack by the hedge, otherwise known as mustard garlic. Common growing tall by hedgerows. It’s a favoured food pland for spring butterfly caterpillars. As the name implies, it does also have culinary uses for people.