himalayan balsam

this invasive plant is spreading along streams and river banks, but looks very pretty in the evening light.

glades

a lovely sunny clearing in the woods, near the old mine workings, near Old Mill.

buzzards

a very young buzzard taking flight. It was perched near its home nest, and making the piteous mewing sound that sounds like a cat being strangled, that tells its parents it wants food now.

cuckoo bee

I am not sure whether this is a cuckoo bee or a wood wasp, or something else, warming up in a sunny glade.

Greenscoombe meadows

the meadows were resplendent in purple, yellow and white today, full of betony and knapweed; it feels like late summer even though summer has barely begun.

Luckett woods

the woods were full of light today, it was very warm, and this brought out the butterflies.