Oxfordshire flood meadows

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Snake's head fritillaries

Snake's head fritillary,Fritillaria meleagris,on an early spring morning in an oxfordshire flood meadow
Once widespread and common in the Uk,is now restricted to a handfull of sites along the Thames Valley



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