The honeysuckle is in flower.
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The year’s best common spotted orchid, photographed last week by Ian Bushell.
Roses in the rain.
The roses in SCP’s car park are flowering in the rain.
Honey bee
A honey bee foraging for nectar and pollen among the flowers of hogweed.
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Barbarea vulgaris also called bittercress, herb barbara, rocketcress, yellow rocketcress, winter rocket, and wound rocket
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Email from friendsofscp@outlook.com to Rich Murphy, Tree and Woodland Officer.
Hello Rich,
Is it vandals or deer that have damaged this tree so badly? We suspect deer but it would be unusual at this time of year when there is so much new grass around. We defer to your expertise.
FoSCP
Common spotted orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, in the woods around the edge of Village Green
Ragged robin
Ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) growing next to the little tributary stream, between the Decorated Bridge and the Dog Pond.
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This year, the annual competition to send in the first picture of our common spotted orchids has been won by Sarah Gould.
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