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West Common In May

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‘West Common always looks good in May, with the buttercups in full bloom. The cuckoo flowers are more or less over, but the sorrel is coming into flower along with pignut. Migrant birds have returned with swallows nesting around the stables, house martins collecting mud to build their nests and swifts screaming overhead.’

Words and photos kindly provided by Caroline Steel, former Head of Conservation at Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
Lincoln's West Common In May
West Common In May
Lincoln's West Common In May
West Common In May
West Common Flora - Bulbous Buttercup
Bulbous Buttercup
West Common Flora - Field Buttercup
Field Buttercup
West Common Flora - Pignut
Pignut
West Common Flora - Sorrel
Sorrel

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