A dozen or so additional photos from our walk on 8th May 2026 (see also Friday’s post!). Enjoy…
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🔼 Poppies by the water’s side 🔽 Who can resist this group of sheep!
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🔽 Can you spot the butterfly here? See Friday’s post for a closer look
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8th May 2026Â
🔼 We came upon this clump of pink campion 🔽
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🔽 The first blackberry-bramble flowers I’ve seen this year
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🔽 Red clover. Usually the bees are busy on this but not this day
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🔽 I’m no expert on grasses but I’m guessing this is a sedge. But there being so many species of sedge, I’m not going to say more than that
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🔽 Another plant with multiple species: Mouse-ear speckling the edge of the woods
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🔽 Quite a collection of plants here. At the centre is Herb Robert which has a small pink flower. As to the fern, I’m guessing that’s a Buckler fern, but which one, don’t know
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🔽 Vetch. Again, lots of species but I think I’m safe to say this is Common Vetch
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8th May 2026Â
🔼 And here, in wicked close-up, is the rapeseed plant which gives us canola oil 🔽
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That’s all for now, folks. Hope you enjoyed. Don’t miss Friday’s post for lots of various ‘flyers’
crispina kemp 