Wednesday 4 June

What a spell of good weather we are having

Bumble Bee on Comfrey

Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Common Comfrey - Symphytum officinale

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea

Silver-ground Carpet - Xanthorhoe montanata

Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare

Yellow Rattle - Rhianthus minor

Take Care

Thursday 22 May

We did Primrose Hill & the surround area this morning

Bees have created a hive inside the tree

 Dactylorhiza x grandis - Hybrid

 Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

Oak Marbles these are caused by a tiny midge/fly

 Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Young Starlings been lots and still more to come

Take Care

Friday 13 September

No photos from our damp morning walk, managed a few at home.

 Common Carder Bee on my Devil's Bit Scabious

Believe it or not this is Garden Parsley - Petroselinum crispum - not often seen at this stage in seed.

 Garden Parsley - Petroselinum crispum again showing the tiny green/yellow flowers.

 Heather - Calluna vulgaris another one that has made it's self at home it's growing in most of my pots.

 Heather - Calluna vulgaris this is our most common heather also known as Ling.

Pears are ready and quite a good crop.

Take Care

Monday 3 June

Dry at Knott End on Sea

Bee enjoying wild radish. 

 These motorised gliders are always landing on the beach.

View across Morecambe Bay.

Take Care

Saturday 27 April

Dry day

 Tawny Mining Bee - tiny bee that I had to chase to get a photo, beautiful colour.

Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus, hard to believe what a few warm sunny days can do.

Take Care

Sunday 9 September

Dry Morning

 I loved to watch this this beautiful bee - have no ID for it yet.

I see lots of the leaves and flowers of Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum but the seed heads are usually trampled on - this was out of the way so survived.

Take Care

Sunday 22 April part three

Fruit,Trees, Bees & Sticks

 Apple - Malus sp.

 Apple - Malus sp.

 Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa

 Pear Tree in garden

 Pear Flowers

 Solitary Bee - Andrena sp.

 A Stick Handle I am making - it is cow horn the spacer is buffalo horn 

The piece of wood which is lime will be cut and shaped for the top

Take Care

Thursday 28 July

Dry morning

Bumble bee waiting for the sun to warm it up.

 Lesser Swine-cress - Coronopus didymus

 Lesser Swine-cress - Coronopus didymus

Scentless Mayweed - Tripleurospermum inodorum

Take Care.

Sunday 29 May

Damp Morning - We ambled about on our own.

 Apple - Malus pumila

 Bee on Rhododendron possibly Bombus lucorum.

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa

 Dactylorhiza x grandis - Hybrid Orchids we counted over 50.

 Dry Bones Cottage Area not a lot left.

 Fungi

 Hemlock Water Dropwort - Oenanthe crocata

 Hemlock Water Dropwort - Oenanthe crocata

 Pineappleweed - Matricaria discoidea

 Raspberry Buds - Rubus idaeus

 Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

 Wood Avens Seed Head - Geum urbanum

 Wood Sage Leaves - Teucrium scorodonia

Zigzag Clover - Trifolium medium

Take Care.