Wild thing (carrot)

On the plus side, on the same visit to the wildflower patch, I was helped to identify this plant.....one of the umbellifers that I always confuse. This is Wild carrot, and once it has flowered, the umbel folds in and looks like a beautifully delicate tiny bird's nest. A lot of the plants on NCN768 also had one pink flower in the centre...apparently this is a definitive feature of Wild carrot, but not all specimens have it - including the one in my picture. On a training course in Edinburgh yesterday we saw some more Wild carrot, so I was able to tell the volunteers what it was. #sharing!