Friday 20 May

Dry Morning.

 Bee among the Buttercups

 Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus corniculatus

 Black and Red Leafhopper - Cercopis vulnerata - Had this ID, never seen this before, only got the one photo as it hopped off.

 Brooklime - Veronica beccabunga

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 By the Big Lodge

 Canada Goose

 Field Forget Me Not - Myosotis arvensis

 Fly for ID

 Garden Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla mollis

Very close to where the Smooth Lady's Mantle was until it got strimmed.

 Garden Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla mollis

 Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium

 Scorpion Fly - Panorpa communis (male)

 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata - lots about at the moment.

 Soldier Beetle

 Swan Family

Wood Forget-me-not - Myosotis sylvatica 

Take Care.

Thursday 19 May

Dry Morning.

Arnold & George

By the Big Lodge.

Buttercups & Clover

Daisies

Dandelion

First sighting of the Dipper for ages.

Fly for ID on Oak.

Lucy on her own again - apart from the geese.

The Ducklings still hiding in the reed bed.

Red Campion.

Red Clover

Terns on the raft.

Don't blink or you'll miss the overworked Blue Tit fly out of the box.

Wednesday 18 May

Raining this morning.

 Mum with her two youngsters - she seems to be keeping them very close, 

Take Care.

Monday 16 May

Showers this morning.

 Bramble - Rubus fruticosus

 Weigelia - Weigela florida

Weigelia - Weigela florida

Take Care.

Sunday 15 May

Dry this morning.

 Common Mouse Ear - Cerastium fontanum

 Common Nettle - Urtica dioica

 Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii - this shows just how hardy and forward the Hybrids are these are only just showing leaves.

 Dogwood - Cornus sanquinea

The resident swans have two cygnets, we have not seen them, Billy Swan is now in overdrive chasing everything on the Top Lodge, at least these Mallard Ducklings have the better of him in the reeds.

 Yellow Rattle - Rhianthus minor

Yellow Rattle - Rhianthus minor

Take Care.

Saturday 14 May

Showers this morning.

 Dactylorhiza x grandis - Hybrid - found this one on the pond field.

 Dactylorhiza x grandis - Hybrid Orchid with eggs - I would love to know what these are from, they remind me of Dock Beetle eggs but seem too uniform, I also thought of the Large White butterfly - I look forward to any answers and I will try to visit this plant again.

White Clover - Trifolium repens

Take Care.

Friday 13 May

Dry Morning.

Not seen many galls on the Alder this year but we did manage to find some.

 Alder Gall - Eriophyes laevis

These Orchids are all hybrids - Parents are Common Spotted & Southern Marsh. Last year we counted over 40 in the area.

 Dactylorhiza x grandis - this hybrid was typical being strong and vigorous looking, note the rings instead of spots.

 Just a few feet away and we get a beautiful Orchid that is almost a Southern Marsh.

Both parent plants are to be found nearby.

 Mallard Ducklings 

 Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum

White Clover - Trifolium repens

Take Care.