Thursday 5 April

Cold this morning, had a keen frost overnight.

 Clematis

 Hot Air Balloon take from the Barrow Field

Jay 

Wild Cherry - Prunus avium

Take Care.

Wednesday 6 April

Mild again and perfect for a walk to the Lower Burgh Meadow.

Brooklime leaves - Veronica beccabunga near the Big Lodge

Cherry flowers on my tree at home.

Plenty of blossom as always so there will be lots of cherries for the birds and some for us.

Colt's-foot leaves - Tussilago farfara just appearing as the flowers are fading.

Common Dog Violet - Viola riviniana

 Common Dog Violet - Viola riviniana

Cowslip - Primula veris a good year for them they are all over.

 Cuckooflower - Cardamine pratensis - lots by the pond near the meadow.

Cuckooflower - Cardamine pratensis

Cuckooflower - Cardamine pratensis the rarer white very pretty.

Flowering Currant - Ripes sanguineum this was hanging over the dog kennels wall, but it does grow wild in lots of places thanks to the birds.

 Flowering Currant leaf - Ripes sanguineum

Ground Ivy - Glechoma hederacea

 Hawthorn buds - Crataegus monogyna

Lord & Ladies  - Arum maculatum

Edge of the pond. 

 Lungwort - Pulmonaria officinalis another garden escapee.

Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris

Norway Maple - Acer platanoides

Take Care.

Wednesday 7 July

Dry & Mild

Wild Cherry - Prunus avium

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

Dotted Loosestrife - Lysimachia puntacta

Dogwood - Cornus sanquinea

Darwin's Barberry - Berberis darwinii

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Butterbur - Petasites hybridus with my 5x3 inch pad for scale.

Take Care.