Among the long grass at Filnore Woods are these extra large seedheads like outsize dandelion clocks. They belong to Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) also known as Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon.
You can see two or three buds alongside the 'clock' in the picture above, but to see the flower you will need to be up there on a sunny morning.
The flowers close up at midday and open the next day as those goatsbeard seedheads.
As well as in grasslands it can be found on roadsides and waste ground.
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