White dead nettle flowering – it isn’t a nettle, and doesn’t sting.
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#lockdown sticky willy
Sticky willy, also known as bedstraw, goosegrass, catchweed, stickweed, sticky bob, stickybud, stickyback, robin-run-the-hedge, sticky willow, stickyjack, stickeljack, grip grass, sticky grass, bobby buttons, and velcro plant (according to Wikipedia). A common wild plant at the bottom of hedgerows, and a garden weed.
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#lockdown – flowers seen
More flowers seen on my daily walk. The perennial cornflower (first pic) was a garden escape.
The others were wild – jack by the hedge, honesty and hawthorn.
Shield bug resting on a buddleia bush – camouflage maked it very hard to spot.
Canada geese coming in to land on the West Park boating lake a few days before the lockdown was announced.
Bee collecting nectar from a garden alkanet flower a few days ago