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Summer Morning – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57756

I came across beautiful field in Bagley while out on by bicycle looking for dandelions earlier in the year.  Cycling is a great way to see the landscape, you are high enough to peer over some of the hedges, and slow enough to have time to appreciate the world.

There is a footpath crossing the field, nevertheless I got permission from the farmer to come back to take some pictures.

Early Morning

Hidden in the grass was a fresh common blue trying to get as much of the low morning sun as possible.

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57557

The grass was very wet, and so were my feet.  Which nearly stepped on this recently emerged emperor dragonfly.  It was deep in the grass near the ground.

Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57743

A glorious field for buttercups.

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57767

And the odd ladybird out for an early morning stroll.

7-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57789

The Afternoon

Later in the day, when things had warmed up I returned to the field.

Spring Meadow – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57737

Amazingly the emperor was virtually in the same spot.  I was looking a lot dryer, and it must be getting ready for its first flight soon.

Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57678

The field is covered in buttercups and cow parsley.

Cow Parsley – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR57962

Meadow Buttercup – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR58154

With a pink under story of clover.

Red Clover – Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR58200