Friday 25 July

Walk on the Burgh

 Cinnabar Caterpillars

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine

The Black/Purple Rosehip of the Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

Take Care

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

Sunday 14 July

We did our morning walk in the Valley

 Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

Later in the day at Knott End we found

cinnabar caterpillars.

Take Care.

Tuesday 31 July

Dry dull morning 

 Cinnabar Caterpillar

 Common Glasswort - Salicornia europaea

 Wild Rabbit enjoying someone's garden

 Sea Mayweed - tripleurospermum maritimum

Seagull admiring the view

Take Care

Thursday 14 June

Dry

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa

 Chives - Allium schoenoprasum

 Wild Carrot - Daucus carota

 Cinnabar Moth

Small Tortoiseshell

Take Care

Friday 15 July

Today is a mixed bag of goodies.

Dry this morning we had a good walk around the woods.

 The Gate to Primrose Hill

 Smaller Cat's-tail - Phleum bertolonii

We met Sue and the Tribe and it's been a long time since we had some photos of them

 Toots leading with Teddy & Billy probably saying we give up you can have the ball.

 Billy & Teddy 

 Toots & Billy

Billy

 No She is not one of the tribe, well I suppose she is as this is Sally and belong's to one of Sue's Son's. I have been meaning to put these photos that Sue sent me on the blog for a while - 

Sally is a Collie x Springer Spaniel, that is a lively mix.

We were back in Knot End later in the day.

Hare's-foot Clover - Trifolium arvense this is all over the sea wall.

Hare's-foot Clover - Trifolium arvense

Cinnabar Caterpillar not many about this year.

Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina only the one plant.

Weld - Reseda luteola gone to seed.

White Stonecrop - Sedum album

Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis

Common Restharrow - Ononis repens

Canadian Goldenrod - Solidago canadensis

One of the local farmer's who was trying to get his hay in said that he hoped to get it in today as it was going to be bad weather tonight.

He was right the rain was torrential

Take Care