Monday 19 March

Dry morning

 Flowering Currant - Ripes sanguineum

 Forsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. xintermedia

 Jay

Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris

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.

Tuesday 4 May

Cool dry morning, on our own again so we rambled all over the place, no set plan for walking just followed the paths as they came.

Ash Leaves appearing after flowering.

Beech in Burgh Wood - this is one of the medium sized ones.

It's also in flower - those on the edge of the wood are a few days off.

White Bluebell this time in Burgh Wood.

The hillside is filling with Bluebells.

They always look a treat.

Flowering Currant.

Common Sorrel on the Barrow

Fringe Cups another garden escapee.

Great Crested Grebe sitting lets hope they have some young this year.

Here is my hero of the moment Mother Mallard still with 5 babes.

I am leaning towards this being a moth - it was so tiny - the leaf is a bramble - I hope to get an ID for it.

More Oaks coming in to leaf.

River Yarrow - not seen it this low for a while.

Silver Birch

Silver Leaved Yellow Archangel - this is a garden escapee.

It's done very well to last this long.

She wasn't on the nest this morning, first time we have caught her off the nest since she started sitting.

She was nearby having a quick wash and brush up.

One of the patches of Touch Me Not Balsam in Burgh Wood.

Much paler and a lot more delicate looking than the Himalayan.

Yellow Rattle just showing.

Yellow Water Lily Leaves

Take Care

Saturday 10 April

On our own again, we wandered all over - it was a lovely morning.

Ash buds almost in flower - it is a wonderful tree well worth googling, they can have all male flowers, all female or both, you can never tell what it is going to produce from year to year.

Cherry Plum - these flowers have been open at least a week, never found any fruits on this one.

Cherry Plum bark

Cowslip

On our way back our path crossed with Debbie & the  boys, they had been over Duxbury.

It was Harvey's Birthday.

Happy 7th Birthday Harvey

Harvey celebrating in the river

along with Jake

and of course Meg - I think they were barking Happy Birthday.

Flowering Currant in one of the nearby gardens.

Take Care.