More Docklands Wildlife

[major_clanger]

More pictures from Russia Dock woods in Surrey Quays, taken whilst walking off a very nice lunch with drplokta, flickgc and owlfish. In a break from recent tradition, not all of them are waterfowl, as you'll see above.

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Do you know if the leaf in the photo belongs to the flower? It might be some form of primula denticulata (though that is a guess on my part). They are more likely to grow in boggy areas.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Yes, they were part of the same shrub. I wouldn't describe the area as especially boggy, mind you, although it is low-lying and near water.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

If it was a shrub, then it wasn't a primula. They're much lower-growing. Bog primulas send the flower stalk up about a foot, but that's all. The ground doesn't have to be a bog per se, but the do like it to be pretty damp.

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

Is very cute. "I can haz pollen now"