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 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

Friday 17 April

Good Morning

 White Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

Greylag Goose

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris

Take Care

Good Friday 3 April

Rained all the way - what cheered us was our first Bluebell Flower this year

Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Take Care

Sunday 27 April

Weather still okay, we are being promised a good summer, I have not got my shorts out yet :)

This has been lovely this year, Bird Cherry - Prunus padus

Another patch of Bluebells

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

Finally in flower but I was unable to get near due to bramble & nettle, Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora

 Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus

 Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

Play Area from across the river

 Weigela - Weigela florida

I always think the buds are more attractive than the flower. Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus

Take Care

Friday 25 April

Weather still good

This is the white form of our native Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

One of many Bluebell glades we have in our woods

Often called may flower, Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna 

Some of my House Sparrow gang, so good to see them building in numbers again.

Tiny delicate Wood Speedwell - Veronica montana

Take Care

Tuesday 15 April

We are getting our fair share of good weather :)

Tern Raft on the Big Lodge

Bluebells 

 Broom - Cytisus scoparius

Not quite in flower, Bugle - Ajuga reptans

Take Care

Wednesday 2 April

All over the valley new life is appearing

 7 Spot Ladybird

Our native Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Bumblebee searching for the right place to make her nest 

 Common Dog Voilet - Viola riviniana

 No scent with this one

 Garden Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum they get everywhere :)

 Larch - Larix note the odd one out the female flower that we see later as the cone

Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum we don't get many patches with the spotted leaves

Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Take Care