Merrals Shaw To Brockles...

A short walk in the summer sunshine...

Merrals Shaw to Brockles

Wildflowers in Meralls Shaw...

Agrimony..

Rosebay Willowherb

Great Willowherb

Self-Heal

 The path edges of the fields to the south of Ranscombe farm were also rich with colour...

Hawkweed and Purple Clover

Greater Knapweed

Mallow, Poppies and Hawkweed...

At the edge of Birch Wood...

Gatekeeper...

The upper side of the male Gatekeeper butterfly's forewings have a brown phermone-soaked bar, which is absent in the female.  I followed this one for a while to get a top-side view, eventually showing it to be a female.  These were probably the most numerous butterfly in the area on this particular day...

Gatekeeper (female)

Common Restharrow...

Nettle-leaved Bellflower...

Musk Mallow...

Although the sky mercifully clouded over a bit, Brockles fields still reflected the scorching conditions of the past month, with just a few stands of Ragwort to give colour...

Towards Cuxton from Brockles...