Monday 30 June

Sunny day

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Cinnabar Catapillars

 Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas

 Still waiting for the Corn-cockle - Agrostemma githago to flower

 Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus

 Gatekeeper

 Goat's Rue - Galega officinalis

Leaf & tendrils Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Red Bartsia - Odontites vernus

 Scarlet Pimpernel - Anagallis arvensis

 Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

White version of Red Clover - Trifolium pratense, not a rarity but have to say it's the first time I have come across it, we get red, zig zag, alsike & white on the meadow this just stood out - it made the white clover look like it needed a persil wash.

Take Care

Friday 27 June

Sunny day 

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Dog Vomit Slime Mold

 Hazel - Corylus avellana

 Young Tern on raft

Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus

Take Care

Monday 25 June

Dry Morning

 Biting Stonecrop - Sedum acre 

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Common Restharrow - Ononis repens

Red Valerian - Centranthus ruber

Take Care

Sunday 4 September

Knott End on Sea

Dry this morning after a very wet 24 hours. First time I have got the camera out for a few days.

Even the birds seemed to be glad to dry off.

 Red-legged Partridge

 Red-legged Partridge

 Red-legged Partridge

 Curlew on the beach

 Curlew

 Curlews - its' friend turned up

 Curlews

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare

Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

This has got to be one of the wettest few days for us, today was the first day we managed to avoid one of the heavy down pours.

Take Care.

Saturday 11 June

Warm & Sunny at Knott End and the whole beach to ourselves.

 Beach Scene looking toward the Sea Wall

 Beach Scene - to the left are apartment shells that have never been touched for years, the housing climate has been poor - they may never be completed. The building to the right is the North Euston Hotel in Fleetwood

 Beach Scene - Fleetwood

 Beach Scene - Fleetwood

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Cat's Ear - Hypochoeris radicata

 Cat's Ear - Hypochoeris radicata

 Beach Scene - we did have to share the beach with the gulls. They would not even move for Meg.

 Long-headed Poppy - Papaver dubium subsp. dubium

 Long-headed Poppy - Papaver dubium subsp. dubium

 Long-headed Poppy - Papaver dubium subsp. dubium

Sea Purslane - Atriplex portulacoides

Take Care.

Thursday 26 August

Dry sunny morning - we did an hour around the rucks and lodges.

 Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

 Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

 Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

Tormentil - Potentilla erecta

Tormentil - Potentilla erecta

 Tormentil - Potentilla erecta

 Tormentil - Potentilla erecta

Then we took off to Knott End and the weather was still good.

Found another small Apple of Peru in flower, we checked for it on our way back a couple of hours later it had been dug up.

 Apple of Peru - Nicandra physalodes

 Apple of Peru - Nicandra physalodes

 Apple of Peru - Nicandra physalodes

Ripe Black Medick Seeds - Medicago lupulina

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

I scattered some of them among the rocks.

This Grasshopper was very keen to have its photo taken.

ID as a Common Field Grasshopper

Arnold says "why is every thing we find are always common?"

Who cares if he is common, also ID as a male.

Take Care.