This year I missed the main flowering season for the orchids of Baggeridge Country Park. When I did manage to get there, in mid-July, the last few flowers were on plants which were mainly going to seed.
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Bumblebee, beetles, thistle flower
A bumblebee and several tiny black beetles attracted to the rich food source on a thistle flower in the wildflower meadow at Bantock Park.
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Tiny moorhen chick, recently emerged
Tiny moorhen chick seen on the canal near the Wildside Centre yesterday. Probably emerged from its egg that same morning.
Cornflowers growing in the wildflower meadow of Bantock Park recently.
Beautiful demoiselles damselflies at rest on vegetation over a small stream. Some pictures are probably immature males, others perhaps female.
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Small black beetles on poppy, Bantock Park
A poppy flower in the wildflower meadow at Bantock Park, once again proving attractive to several insects at once. This time, tiny black beetles.
