Classifying the walk among the butterflies

It's late, and I'm looking up wildflowers in a field guide. They all look the same.

I was very pleased to discover the name of one of my favourite flowers.



This is Onion Grass. I then read on:

"Onion grass can significantly reduce the productivity of crops, pastures and animal systems, making it a costly agricultural weed. Onion grass has no nutritional benefit to animals, remaining undigested in the gut. If large quantities are consumed, fibre balls may form and obstruct the bowel, causing death. In crops and pastures, onion grass often grows ahead of desirable species, utilising valuable moisture and nutrients and restricting production."

And yet, on another site:
"It can be used as you would use chives, and the bulb can even be dug and used like small shallots or scallions."

So... should I eat it, or what?

My childhood memories of returning spring heralded by pretty purple flowers in the grass have been shattered. TT.TT

This here, on the other hand, if my very favourite flower:

Wild Onion! (What is it about me and onions?)

But in some places it's still a weed...
But this is definitely edible. And the flowers smell really good.

Further to my jaunt of last Friday, I have identified all the bird species I came across, including:

A darter:

and an Intermediate (possibly) egret:


I'll probably look at the post some time in the future and wonder why the hell I posted it.