Thursday 14 April

Catch up again, first three in the Yarrow Valley

Welsh Poppy in bud - Meconopsis cambrica

Wood Forgetmenot

On the footpath near the rucks - just one small wound almost like a air pellet shot, no sign of any other wounds.

On to Knot End on Sea - all found on the Sea Wall

Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa

Common Chickweed - Stellaria media

Common Scurvey Grass - Cochlearia officinalis

Common Scurvey Grass - Cochlearia officinalis

Dames Violet - Hesperis Matronalis

Garden Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum

Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata

Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum

Rape - Brassica napus

Rape - Brassica napus

Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum

Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum

White Dead Nettle - Lamium album

Take Care

Wednesday 23 June

Up onto the Burgh this morning, we usually have a walk up there when we are on our own.

I have been searching for the Bee Orchid on Lower Burgh for a good while and today we found it (twice), the first was on it's own we checked all round it and did not find any more but we will check again, the second area we found 3 plants within 6 feet of each other, one of them had been nibbled by something possibly a slug.

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

Burnet Moth

Common Knapweed - Centaurea nigra

Creeping Jenny - Lysimachia nummularia this is along side of the railway sidings.

Dames Violet - Hesperis Matronalis

Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea

 Greater Celandine - Chelidonium majus

Hieracium vagum

Large Bindweed - Calystegia silvatica

Marsh Bedstraw - Galium palustre

Nipplewort - Lapsana communis

Peached-Leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia

Peached-Leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia

Peached-Leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia

Peached-Leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia - all garden escapees.

Rough Hawkbit - Leontodon hispidus

Rough Hawkbit - Leontodon hispidus

Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Spider's Web

Edwina with 4 Cygnets - we were all wondering what had happened to the missing one - what could have taken it?

When out of the reeds Edward appeared with the other cygnet, it had up set a few people thinking one had been taken, they all seem fit & healthy so let's hope they all make it.

Take Care.

Saturday 30 May

Broom it stopped us in our tracks as we approached from a different path.

Dames Violet there's usually some white flowers among these - will check again next week.

Canada Geese over the Barrow heading toward Winter Hill.

Marsh Thistle

Spear Thistle not in flower yet.

Swan & Baby, she's keeping close to this one.

A bit more work at the weir - another layer of stones.

A trench has been dug behind the old wall, no sign of the Dippers.