Adze Native Oct 9, 2009 1,874 0 Cumbria www.adamhughes.net May 5, 2014 #1 The bee I've already ID'd as a Common Carder Bumblebee, flowers don't seem to be so easy to find :-/
crosslandkelly Full Member Jun 9, 2009 26,503 2,403 67 North West London May 5, 2014 #2 Looks a bit like an Orchid to me.
British Red M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft) Dec 30, 2005 26,891 2,143 Mercia May 5, 2014 #3 It looks like Bugle to me growing over some creeping buttercup under a birch tree
Adze Native Oct 9, 2009 1,874 0 Cumbria www.adamhughes.net May 5, 2014 #4 A pic of a whole plant: I thought Orchid too... but that was as far as I got Crosslandkelly
Harvestman Bushcrafter through and through May 11, 2007 8,656 26 55 Pontypool, Wales, Uk May 5, 2014 #7 I don't think there are any orchids in the UK that are blue. That is bugle as Hugh says.
R Rosahane Member Jan 21, 2013 29 0 Ireland May 6, 2014 #8 Bugle, I think as well. Here is a usefull site for identification of wild flowers. http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=361&Wildflower=Bugle
Bugle, I think as well. Here is a usefull site for identification of wild flowers. http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=361&Wildflower=Bugle