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This Week in Photos: May 4th – 10th (19)

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Cow Parsley bridge – Pink Hawthorn – Hybrid Campion – Small-flowered Crane’s-bill – Red Sheep Sorrel – Green Hairstreak

1. Cow Parsley bridge. Leapgate Old Railway Line. 04.05.26.
2. Pink Hawthorn blossom along Titton Lane, Hartlebury. 04.05.26.
3. Candidate for Hybrid Campion Silene x hampeana on Titton Lane, Worcestershire. This strikingly large plant with whitish pink flowers made me stop my bike and shout HYBRID!? 04.05.26.
4. Small-flowered Crane’s-bill Geranium pusillum on the summer-dry grasslands of Hartlebury Common. 08.05.26.
5. Sheep’s Sorrel Rumex acetosella turning the acid grassland between the lowland heathland red. Hartlebury Common. 08.05.26.
6. Green Hairstreak hiding in heather. Hartlebury Common. 08.05.26.

Notes

A limited selection from a couple of outings last week, as we get closer to our wedding. Happy to see the Hybrid Campion and Green Hairstreak!

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