Second installment of the miscellany of mostly flower photos taken during our walk on 8th July 2025. Enjoy
Those bramble-briars, they’ll grow anywhere, even on top of a gate post πΌπ½ a wild rose briar already colouring for autumn
Surprised to see honeysuckle still in flower, but we do love it πΌπ½ and you’re wondering why a stinging nettle. Just as I lined up the perfect butterfly shot, the wind blew. Photo-bombed by a stinging nettle!
Candy-pink field bindweed π½
π½ Yellow loosestrife growing amongst the reeds around the village pond (which was disastrously low on water)
I had wondered if this was one of the chervils or a carrot. But enlarged on my laptop I could see that telltale red dot at the centre. It’s carrot πΌ π½ No query on this, it’s field scabious
Above, thistle with rampant bugs πΌπ½ Below, self-heal
Easy to recognise, blackberry fruits beginning to ripen πΌπ½ and meadowsweet which is everywhere in our wetlands
Hope you enjoyed. Don’t forget Friday Fliers, which this week includes dragons and damsels












I more than enjoyed, I loved!
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Thank you, Dale. That makes me happy
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Your photos make us happy!
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That’s the best ever response!
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Well deserved!
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Lovely pics
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Thank you, Sadje
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Youβre very welcome dear friend
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Gorgeous as usual. I’m forever jealous that you actually go outside and enjoy nature. I always mean to but….
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But ‘but’ won’t get you there. Though if you live in that concert desert called a city, perhaps I can understand it. Yet even in cities there is usually a park or other green space. Being n such spaces is essential for our physical and mental health. Go try it. You’ll love it
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lovely pics indeed, especially the nettle. Food plant for so many lovely butterflies.
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If memory serves (always dubious when we get older) I think the tortoiseshell butterflies lay their eggs on the nettle. My excuse for leaving some at the less disturbed and seen edge of my garden
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