23 Saturday Jul 2022
Posted in flowers, insects, wildflowers
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5-spot Burnet moth, 6-spot Burnet moth, British wildflowers, Burnet moths, Burnet moths on pink flowers, pink wildflowers
There’s just something about pink flowers that Burnet moths find enticing. Whether they be thistles or Red clover or Knapweed, the 5-spots and the 6-spots seem to prefer them.
10 Sunday Jul 2022
Posted in flowers, wildflowers
A parade of pink (and blue) wildflowers …
05 Sunday Jul 2020
Posted in flowers, wildflowers
I was planning a more informed, more specific post about wildflowers for today but I’ve been having trouble with my internet connection for a couple of days – technology is great, until it isn’t! – so here are some general wildflower images instead. Enjoy all these glorious shades of pink!
08 Wednesday May 2019
Posted in 365DaysWildin2019, flowers, nature, spring, wildflowers
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#365DaysWild, blue flowers, blue wildflowers, British flora, pink flowers, pink wildflowers, wildflowers
Rain, rain, rain today but I managed to get out for a local bimble without getting too wet.
Due to the risk of rain damaging my good camera, I just took my point-and-click and, as there weren’t many insects braving the weather, the subject today had to be inanimate, in this case wildflowers, for no particular reason in shades of pinks and blues. Can you name them?
07 Friday Jul 2017
Posted in flowers, nature, wildflowers
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#FloralFriday, British flora, British wildflowers, lilac flowers, pink wildflowers, purple flowers, wildflowers
For those of you who are not overly fond of yellow flowers – you know who you are! – I’ve been out and about looking for other hues, and the result this Floral Friday is a selection of blooms in shades of pink, lilac and purple. The flowers include Betony (Stachys officinalis), Bush vetch (Vicia sepium), Centaury (Centaurium erythraea), Devil’s-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum), Red clover (Trifolium pratense), Common restharrow (Ononis repens), Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium), Tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) and a couple of thistley thingies. Enjoy!
17 Friday Jun 2016
Posted in nature, wildflowers
A couple of weeks ago I seemed to be surrounded by yellow on my walks; now the pink wildflowers have taken over. For the most part, they’re softer on the eye, more delicate in shape, and range from the merest pink blush of the Common bistort to the almost purple of the Foxglove, the aptly named Digitalis purpurea. Some that I’ve noticed are Common bistort, Dog-rose, Foxglove, Grass vetchling, Herb Robert, Hedge woundwort, Ragged robin, Red campion, Red valerian, Red clover, the many and varied Geraniums, and, in my photos, a couple yet to be identified.
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