Common Reed, Phragmites australis, going to seed at #LakenheathFen #Suffolk today, still providing a perch for, what else but, a Reed Bunting. #WildflowerHour

Common Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris, by far the commonest flower beside tracks at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk today.
#WildflowerHour

Flowers of Jerusalem Artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus, still flying high by the end of West Wood at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffok today. #WildflowerHour

Sloe Bug aka Hairy Shieldbug nymph on White Deadnettle at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk on Sunday.
#WildWebsWednesday #TrueBugs #Hemiptera

What may be Common Ectemnius wasp, Ectemnius continuus, on flowers of Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium, at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk on Sunday.
#WildWebsWednesday

Jerusalem Artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus, catching the sun in its usual spot on a bank between two fen pools at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk #WildFlowerHour

Two Mallows at RSPB #LakenheathFen today: Common, Malva sylvestris, & Dwarf Mallow, Malva neglecta.
#WildFlowerHour #Suffolk

A huge fresh flower head of Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium, at RSPB #LakenheathFen today
#WildFlowerHour

At RSPB #LakenheathFen today, where water levels are low, but it's still damp enough for Water Chickweed, Stellaria aquatica. #WildFlowerHour #Suffolk

A cropped distant shot of an Osprey at RSPB #LakenheathFen today. It started off in #Suffolk but by the time I took this it was well into #Norfolk.

22-spot Ladybird, Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata, on an oak leaf covered with what looks like Oak Mildew, Erysiphe alphitoides at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk yesterday.
#UKLadybirds #Coleoptera

A better view of a Red-legged Spider Wasp, Episyron rufipes, entering its hole in the sand at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk today. #Wasps #Hymenoptera
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Rear view of a busy Red-legged Spider Wasp, Episyron rufipes, digging a hole. Captured by my lying on a sandy bank and wedging my phone in the sand. RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk today. #Wasps #Hymenoptera