The field has suddenly bloomed, just in the last week.  There are now swathes of bright yellow buttercups, occasional glimpses of the delicate rose-pink red campion, scores of fluffy dandelion clocks, their heads erect on straight stems, great white drifts of cow parsley and the beginnings of a myriad of meadow grasses.  They will be joined over the next few weeks by cowsfoot trefoil, scarlet pimpernel, self-heal, lady’s bedstraw, rib wort, knapweed, oxeye daisies and hopefully wild orchids too; the most thrilling recent newcomer!  The fields and hedgerows at this time of year are truly spectacular.