Small Teasel is a very attractive little globular flower which makes a welcome appearance on Crane Park Island in the late summer and provides nourishment to pollen hunters at the end of the flowering season.

September is the month of turning. Shorter days spell the end of most new growth and the Crane wildflower show is coming to an end. Insects are declining and many birds are leaving.

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Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Seeds are falling throughout September, but don't always land where you might expect them - here some sycamore keys have fallen onto new leaflets of ash.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > These bright hips are from a Dog Rose, which is showing as much colour at this time of year as in its prime a few months earlier.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Fresh Ivy shoots are still spreading out in September. Ivy is one of the few plants that is about to bloom throughout the Crane Valley this month.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Hogweed is such a tough plant that some dried plants are still standing like miniature telegraph poles, defiant in the onset of season's end.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The Common Frog is an elusive resident on Crane Park Island for much of the year, but in September they are often seen in decaying meadows and track sides.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > One plant that it is still in flower in September is the wonderfully-named Trifid Bur-marigold. The largest stands of this bankside plant are found on the inner sanctums of Crane Park Island.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Freshwater snails can often be seen in the shallows of the Crane. This trio are consuming surface vegetation on the inner channel on Crane Park Island.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The Michaelmas Daisy is another late flowering plant that ensures that there is still dazzling colour to be found along the waysides of the Crane Valley in September.

Small Teasel is a very attractive little globular flower which makes a welcome appearance on Crane Park Island in the late summer and provides nourishment to pollen hunters at the end of the flowering season.