A large colony of feral tree lupins Lupinus arboreus grow just beside the foot-path beside the beach at St CLair.
They are very fine, and their scent is heady and almost overpowering.
The air is a-buzz with bumble bees clearly attracted by the perfume. They are busy gathering nectar from the bottom of the floret. Here you can see the bee's short tongue.
And here you can see the orange pollen collected on the legs of the bee, in 'pollen baskets' as it coincidentally pollinates the lupins.
