Red Campion Pins and Buttons

A clump of wild Red Campion photographed near the banks of the River Blyth close to Bedlington in Northumberland on a pleasant June morning after rainfall with drops of water still clinging to the flowers.

A clump of wild Red Campion ( Silene dioica ) photographed in Plessey Woods near Bedlington in Northumberland on a cool, overcast May morning with a bee gathering pollen.

A clump of wild Red Campion ( Silene dioica ) photographed in Plessey Woods near Bedlington in Northumberland on a cool, overcast May morning.

Delicate spring flower that has connections with they themselves (The Fae) pickers of wildflowers be warned, you risk their displeasure!

Delicate spring flower that has connections with they themselves (The Fae) pickers of wildflowers be warned, you risk their displeasure!

illustration of a Red Campion flower. The Campion is a flower which is found in Gibraltar.

English Red Campion wild flowers photographed after a rain storm near Bedlington, Northumberland in North East England

A wild red campion, looking somewhat pink... A wildflower in full blossom entices a pollinator, a hover fly. We need to 'hold onto the flowers' ~ let them grow - for all of the pollinators.

This group of English wild flowers was spotted near St Mary's Lighthouse on the North East coast of England. Among the grasses are poppies, red campion and ox-eye daisies under a blue sky with white clouds. This image is a larger file size copy of an existing shot.

Two Grypocoris beetles use their piercing mouthparts called a 'labium' - to suck and feed off the sap of wild campion blossom.