Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Thistle Seed Heads

 The Scotch Thistle looks so magnificent when it is in flower. But even more so when the flowers die off and go to seed. There are many of these wildflowers growing at Ferrymoor Flash now. This is probably a flower that you would normally walk past without even giving it a second look.



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