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Bindweed flower bud

Bindweed flower bud

It would be an attractive plant if it could be tamed from its very fast growth. Instead it smothers almost anything in its path.

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Bee on pyracanthus flowers

Bee on pyracanthus flowers

One warm afternoon recently, the flowers on a pyracanthus bush were a magnet for bees. Two or three different insects are represented in this series.

Bee on pyracanthus flowers

Bee on pyracanthus flowers

Bee on pyracanthus flowers

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Bugle flower

Bugle flowering

Common growing in grass at this time of year – there are also more ornate garden varieties.

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Stickweed flower

Stickweed flower

The flowers of this wayside weed are tiny. In this close-up the hooked hairs which make the plant sticky can be seen.

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Bleached buttercup

Bleached buttercup

The whiteness of the petals is not an effect of a badly-exposed photo. That’s how the flower looked to the naked eye.

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Shaggy parasol clump

Shaggy parasols

One of the largest mushroom species which can be seen locally, and quite common. These are fairly mature specimens. The roughness on the cap which gives the species its name is not always so pronounced.

Shaggy parasols

Shaggy parasols