Friday 15 May

Good morning for our walk

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Clematis

 Field Forget Me Not - Myosotis arvensis

 Germander Speedwell - Veronica chamaedrys

 Star Magnolia - Magnolia stellata

Swan Family

Take Care

Thursday 14 May

Another sunny walk - I have to show off our beautiful swan family, Edwina was on the water with them, she is a good mother.

 Wildfowl 

Two Canada Geese coming in for feeding time

Grey Wagtail 

We also call them Turks heads as well as Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata

The leaves Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata

 Edwina & her Babes

 She is wary of all that come near her babes

 I love this one looking at Mum

 They are already taking the sunflower hearts

We always feed sunflower hearts they are packed with goodness for the little ones and when they fledge and go we can usually tell the ones that were born on the lodges if they return - they take the hearts straight away, others are waiting for bread and ignore the feed.

Take Care

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

Monday 11 May

Another grand day for our walk

 Big Lodge

  Big Lodge

  Big Lodge

 Path to Burgh Wood

Coot Nest

 Mandarin Female & Drake

 Stream from Burgh Wood

Footpath

Edwina Swan & Babes

Take Care

Sunday 10 May

Damp cool morning

Big Lodge View

Money Tree

 Clover - Trifolium

 Common Whitebeam - Sorbus aria

Coot

Cygnets

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

 Field Horsetail - Equisetum arvense

Mucky Mallard our Griff

 Large Bittercress - Cardamine amara

 Mandarin Drake

Swan Family

Take Care