To Luddesdown from Wingate Wood...

It wasn't all just butterflies today, as there was much else worth taking in...

Despite the heat, Wingate Wood was still cool and green...

Wingate Wood...

At the bottom of valley at the south end of Bavins Shaw, a huge stand of Wild Parsnip was in full flower...

Wild Parsnip

Up the other side of the valley, many other flowers were in evidence...

Common Centaury...

Yellow Loosestrife

Wild Basil...

Burdock...

Coming out at Wrenches Shaw, some green still manages to persist in the fields despite the last six weeks of relentlessly hot and dry weather...

Luddesdown from Wrenches Shaw

Cobham from Wrenches Shaw

At the bottom of the field by Buckland Road, a profusion of Chamomile was in flower...

Stinking Chamomile...