It’s been a very grey week here so I thought I’d change things up and we’d have a splash of mid week colour. During my daily walks last week, I took photos of all the pinkish-coloured wildflowers I found – more than I expected but, after our very dry summer, the wet but mild autumn weather has caused a flush of late growth and flowering in the local flora.

Blue fleabane, Burdock, Common mallow, and Creeping thistle

Devil’s-bit and Field scabious, Pencilled geranium, and Hedge woundwort

Hemp agrimony, Herb Robert, Ivy-leaved toadflax, and Meadow crane’s-bill

Purple toadflax, Red campion, Red clover, and Red valerian
Did you see what sort of creature was hiding around the other side of the creeping thistle?
Well spotted! It looks like a Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). 🙂
Who knew that pink was such an autumnal color? These are a great collection <3
Thanks. I was also surprised to see so many pinks – the odd weather, I think. 🙂