Phil Sutters' photos with the keyword: wild flower

Oedemera nobilis female on a Pyramid Orchid - OENR…

Hover-fly on a Dog Rose - OENR - 25.6.2016

25 Jun 2016 3 3 320
This photo, I am pleased to say, won third prize in the Brighton Argus newspaper's One Day in Summer competition - 2016. Unfortunately the reproduction on newsprint wasn't the best. I submitted the photo without the caption.

Yellow Flag Iris - East Blatchington Pond - 6.6.20…

06 May 2016 1 232
One of only two native species of Iris. They will be out again soon, I hope, although the pond's volunteers have gone a bit mad with the strimmer in recent months.

Ground Ivy at Stanmer Park - 1.4.2016

01 Apr 2016 338
This was a single tiny flower head in the hedgerow. Apparently they often come in much larger groups. Perhaps this was the forerunner of a larger patch.

Cowslips at Stanmer Park - 1.4.2016

01 Apr 2016 1 1 312
These are the first Cowslips that I have seen this year. There are usually large numbers on the Downs near Beachy Head.

Traveller's joy - Birling Gap - 10.9.2014

Himalayan Balsam - Osney - Oxford - 17.8.2012

13 May 2014 2 2 295
This escapee from cultivation is becoming something of a weed in some areas.

Fallen tree Oxford 17 8 2012

13 May 2014 182
This fallen tree will be home to scores of insects, mosses, lichens, ferns etc.

Common Water-crowfoot - Tidemills - 23.5.2013

13 May 2014 248
This was growing in a thick mat in a drainage channel in the Ouse Estuary.

Shepherd's Purse 14 5 10

13 May 2014 183
Also known as Lady's Smock, the heart-shaped seed cases look like shepherds' purses, it is said!

Seakale seed heads - Tidemills - 19.11.2013