Carpet of Buttercups by fishers

Carpet of Buttercups

Katharine and I went for a longer walk today, to Rawcliffe Bar Country Park, then along the Ings to Clifton Bridge, through the Homestead Park and back home again. Lots of people out enjoying the warm sunshine. Some nice displays of wild flowers along the way. Following my close-up shot of the buttercups yesterday, we found this carpet of them in the western part of the country park. There are a number of different plants growing here (including a stray dandelion seed head, bottom left), but the yellow is all buttercups. They make such a cheerful display.

Our walk was around 4 miles long, and the achilles tendon wasn't painful and just had a slight swelling at the end, so that was very pleasing. It will soon be ready for a more serious walk!

Ian
Lovely
May 20th, 2023  
A beautiful display
May 20th, 2023  
Sweet
May 20th, 2023  
So pretty, can’t beat a field of buttercups!
May 20th, 2023  
Lovely….
May 20th, 2023  
Lovely shot👍😊
May 20th, 2023  
how lovely
May 20th, 2023  
Beautiful scenery
May 20th, 2023  
Nice capture of this buttercup field
May 20th, 2023  
Stunning field of buttercups
May 20th, 2023  
Great shot of this beautiful buttercup field. Take care. Fav.
May 20th, 2023  
Beautiful field
May 21st, 2023  
Beautiful yellow carpet
May 21st, 2023  
They make such a lovely carpet of yellow flowers. Beautiful find and shot.
May 21st, 2023  
They are amazing. I think you've cornered the buttercup market!
May 21st, 2023  
Haha yes a beautiful display but I've been removing creeping buttercup all morning from my flower beds!
May 21st, 2023  
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

I think that even if the County Park staff wanted to cut this lot, they might have difficulty, since the park is currently almost cut in half with wotk on a new flood bank, so I don't think there is a route for their tractor mower to get to this part of the park.

Ian
May 21st, 2023  
Pat
This is a great capture showing how abundant they are this year. I’ve been trying to get an image like this but my phone doesn’t do it justice. This is brilliant!
May 22nd, 2023  
@pattyblue

Thank you Pat. To get a result like this it needs a zoom to compress the buttercups together.

Ian
May 22nd, 2023  
Pat
@fishers Ah I see, thanks for explaining Ian.
May 22nd, 2023  
@pattyblue

You are welcome Pat. Feel free to ask anytime.

Ian
May 22nd, 2023  
Beautiful field.
May 24th, 2023  
@vesna0210

Thank you Vesna, it was a lovely place for a walk.

Ian
May 26th, 2023  
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