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A bee enjoying some red clover

I went on a wild flower hunt. Unfortunately the famer behind us sprayed his field and when we got in there all the flowers had died.

I was very sad about it - all the pretty buttercups turned their heads to the ground and started to go brown and we missed out on some lovely flowers.

So we went to Flaxley where a man called Chris has bought lots of land and turned it all back into meadows.

Here’s what we saw:

• Buttercups
• Yellow Rattle - this actually rattles if you hold it up to your ear and shake it! And it helps to keep the grass down
• Clover - the bees love this
• Plantain, which was almost over
• Bird’s foot trefoil and lesser Bird’s foot trefoil
• Sorrel
• Self heal - this is wonderful for the skin and can be used for mouth ulcers or sore throats
• Daisy and ox eye daisy - Ox eye daisy is one of my favourites; I love their big, happy faces
• Corky-fruited water dropwort - this is rare and I was very lucky to see it
• Silver leaf
• Hawksbit
• Lesser Stitchwort
• Common Spotted orchid

So we saw lots of pretty flowers in the end. Chris got a net, swept along the flowers and there were loads and loads of insects, so he was very happy that all these insects had found his meadow and was enjoying it!