Face Book Group - Flora & Fauna of the Yarrow Valley

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Flora & Fauna of the Yarrow Valley

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Moschatel - Adoxa moschatellina

Town Hall Clock or Moschatel - Adoxa moschatellina

Bread Wheat - Triticum aestivum

Bread Wheat - Triticum aestivum

Usually find this near bird feeders - 

Cleaver - Galium aparine

Cleaver - Galium aparine

Lots of different names for this one mainly to do with the sticky way it clings to most things.

 Also one that has been used as a medicinal & food plant in the past.

These are the seeds and you can see how they spread so easily.

Mock-orange - Philadelphus coronarius

Mock-orange - Philadelphus coronarius

There use to be cottages in this area, it's a beautiful reminder of the love that must have gone into the garden. 

Wednesday 4 May

Another dry walk not many folk about, we do see a lot more younger end about, we wonder are things so bad that they can't find work?

 Hybrid Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana another garden throw out.

 Hybrid Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana not as pretty as our native ones.

One of the many Rucks paths

Lots of farmer are growing rape around here, I love the colour especially when the Sun lights it up. You can see St John's Church Tower in the distance to the left, Coppull Ring Mill to the right.

Wild Strawberry - Fragaria vesca, don't find much of this now.

Take Care & God Bless

Tuesday 3 May

Quiet dry walk

Bridge Support Wall

 Cow Parsley - Anthriscus sylvestris almost in flower

One of my nestboxes - this has no camera in and the Blue Tits are nesting, I may be able to get some photos later as they develope.

An old stump in the Top Lodge, I do believe there is a Moorhen Nesting in there.

Terns are back, only one brave Gull on the Raft.

Percy Wood Pigeon, he's never far away when the food is out.

Take Care & God Bless

Monday 2 May

I can't reach these Prunus flowers as they are behind an old iron railing, so I will guess at Cherry but it could be Damson, hopefully it will have some fruit later.

Take Care & God Bless.

Sunday 1 May

Bit of rain yet it was still a normal day for Harry Heron.

There are quite a few round the valley.

 Heron

Heron

Take Care & God Bless

Tuesday 8 July

He's out there all seasons and at the moment he's struggling with the field of poppies

Our very own Coppull Wickerman

Take Care

Wednesday 25 June

Still at sunny Knott End on Sea

The Salt Marsh is wonderful and you never know what will turn up on the next tide.

 Common Cord-grass - Spartina anglica

 Common Glasswort - Salicornia europaea

 Common Sea-lavender - Limonium vulgare

Sea Arrow Grass - Triglochin maritima

Take Care