Pineappleweed - Matricaria discoidea

Pineappleweed - Matricaria discoidea

Introduced & naturalised, it grows every where yet not a problem as yet.

Also called Wild Chamomile, the flowers smell of Pineapple when crushed.

Rosebay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium

Rosebay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium

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

All Taken March 2016

Taken during March 

 Barren Strawberry - Potentilla sterilis

 Enteridium Lycoperdon - Before

& After - Enteridium Lycoperdon

 Field Rose - Rosa arvensis

 Old Pepper Lane Chapel

 Mandarin Male

 Mandarin Male

 Mandarin Male

Rucks View

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Tuesday 8 March

 Velvet Shank - Flammulina velutipes

 Velvet Shank - Flammulina velutipes

Velvet Shank - Flammulina velutipes

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Saturday 5 March

From the Rucks 

 Garden Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum

Female Hazel Flower - Corylus avellana

Male Catkins Hazel - Corylus avellana

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Sunday 14 February

Sunrise over the Big Lodge - Yarrow Valley - Lancashire

 Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera

Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera

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Wednesday 27 January

I am glad to see the Schools bringing the children out into nature, some will benefit from this experience.

I would like to join them on one of their meetings as I would love to watch how each child views nature and its wonders. 

Take Care

Wednesday 13 May

Excellent walking morning

 Apple - Malus

 Big Lodge

 Sparrowhawk wing - all that was left found on the rucks, it's a small hawk but I wonder what happened to it?

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Common Whitebeam - Sorbus aria

 Part of the Old Cottages

 Firethorn - Pyracantha coccinea

 Hartstongue - Asplenium scolopendrium

 Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas

 Moschatel - Adoxa moschatellina 

 Slime Mould - Lycogala

 Spiraea sp.

 Marker Stone Mystery

 Tern

 Weigela - Weigela florida

 Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Take Care

Tuesday 12 May

Damp morning - lots to see

 Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Coal Tit

 Common Sorrel - Rumex acetosa

 Oak - Quercus

 Red Campion - Silene dioica

 Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

 Spiraea sp.

 St Mark's Fly

 Swan & Cygnets

 Weevil on Wych Elm

 Weir & Fish Ladder

 Wild Cherry - Prunus avium

 Wood Sedge - Carex sylvatica

 Wood Speedwell - Veronica montana

Yorkshire Fog - Holcus lanatus

Take Care