Part of a cattle-grazed pasture with plenty of flowering Betony (by Wendy Birks).
A Nettle-leaved Bellflower that has survived the pathside strimming (not very sharp due to breeze!).
From "The Flora of Staffordshire by John E. Hawksford and Ian J. Hopkins" under the heading of Nettle-leaved Bellflower. "....Staffordshire lies at the north of the native range of this species in Britain. Appreciably less frequent now in its traditional situations than suggested by earlier botanists, but such losses have been more than balanced by an increasing number of reports of this species growing as an introduction or escape from cultivation in a variety of habitats including roadsides and waste ground". I found only this single plant growing in Deep Hayes Country Park, though maybe there are more growing in places I did not look.
A Shaded Broad-bar Moth (by Wendy Birks). Which is a common species that is generally a night-time flyer though sometimes seen during the day if disturbed. This one was in the pasture where I assume it fed on legumes, such as Bird's-foot trefoil when it was a larva.
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