Lesley
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#WildflowerHour Celebrating #DaisyFamily heroes this week by showing them in situ. They are vitally important right now. Hawkweed Oxtongue 1/
Think this is Lesser Water-parsnip. A first for me.😃Growing in the middle of a stream, so couldn’t get any better photos! #WildflowerHour
I never see Fluellens, but this week found masses of Round-leaved Fluellen covering the ground of a ploughed strip.😀 #WildflowerHour
Eristalis intricaria hoverfly enjoying Wild Marjoram #WildWebsWednesday
Red Bartsia seems to be having a good year at this ex-chalk pit site. 😃 #WildflowerHour
#WetlandPlants or at least damp loving plants, seen this week at a local NR: Purple Loosestrife, Angelica, Meadowsweet & Hemp Agrimony. Surprised they looked so healthy, so must still be enough moisture there for them. #WildflowerHour
A little bit of Marjoram at a local ex-chalk pit. 😄 #StillFlowering #WildflowerHour
Ragwort and Thistle, two of the most reliable, and pollinator friendly, draught tolerant wildflowers. 💛💜 #StillFlowering #WildflowerHour
Even the poor Water Mint is wilting. 🥵#AquaticPlants #WildflowerHour
#WildflowerID Would appreciate any help with this St John’s Wort please. Leaves seemed to have hairs, but also spots. Confused as to whether Hairy or Perforate? Photos blurry.🙄 I can go back to look for any defining feature. In South Cambs allotment. #WildflowerHour
Caterpillar spotted on Common Centaury. Not sure what species. #WildWebsWednesday
A magical ❤️ set aside with Common Centaury, Yellow-wort, Wild Carrot, Pyramidal Orchid, St John’s-wort, Wild Basil, Marjoram, Lady’s Bedstraw, Fairy Flax, Greater Knapweed, Wild Parsnip and Red Bartsia, all intertwined with climbing Traveller’s Joy. #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour
Scabious attracting not just a Honey Bee, but if you zoom in, also a Mirid bug and a very tiny wasp. #WildWebsWednesday
Not in flower at the moment, but variegated Archangel frequently jumps garden fences around here. This one along a footpath behind houses. #InvasivePlants #WildflowerHour
Daisy family flowers and Brambles winning the most pollinators around here at the moment. #PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour
Mullein Moth caterpillar on Great Mullein leaf.🐛 #WildWebsWednesday
Lots of Red-tailed Bumblebees seen at the weekend feeding on Welted Thistle. #WildWebsWednesday