Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)







Dogwood (Cornus snaguinea)





Elder (Sambucus nigra)



A rust on elderflowers?



Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium)







Common Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale)





Pignut (Conopodium majus)







Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)



Mpth Sp?









Spider Sp?



Fly Sp?



Fly Sp?





Deadly Nightshade (Atropa bella-dona)





Limestone Grassland



Brown Argus ♀︎ (Aricia agestis)





Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)





Fairy Flax (Lithum catharticum)





Gallium Sp?







Speedwell Sp?





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Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor)



Scarce Chaser ♀︎ (Libellula fulva)





Pocket Plum (Taphri pruni) on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

Tags: Hound'sTongue, Dogwood, Elder, BushVetch, CommonGromwell, Valerian, Pignut, DeadlyNightshade, BrownArgus, MothSp, DingySkipper, FairyFlax, Red-tailedMasonBee, ScarceChaser, PocketPlum

Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor)

Pick up sticks today























Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

He had five singing spots in his rounds.

This one seemed to be his favourite.

Singing his hear out in the sunshine
with a little bit
of
wash and brush up
along the way.

Tags: Red-tailedMasonBee, GardenWarbler

Adder's-tongue fern (Ophioglossom vulgatum)






















A female investigating a shell before laying. She turned it over and over until she was happy.



The amazing woven stick camouflage of a previous shell.





Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor)

Tags: Adder'sTongueFern, Red-tailedMasonBee