All Taken April 2016

All taken in April
I will be adding more to my Blog as I have neglected it for other web sites.
I am now going to spend the time on this blog, I can add and delete what I feel are right or wrong.

Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus

Cowslip - Primula veris

Female Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis

Field Wood-rush - Luzula campestris

Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata

Fertile stem of Great Horsetail - Equisetum telmateia

Sterile stem of Great Horsetail - Equisetum telmateia

Greylag Goose

Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum

Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Shining Cranesbill - Geranium lucidum

Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum

Take Care & God Bless

Sunday 26 April

Good Morning

 Ash - Fraxinus excelsior

 Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus

 Cuckooflower - Cardamine pratensis

 Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis

 Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis

 Green Figwort - Scrophularia umbrosa

 Ground Ivy - Glechoma hederacea

 Ground Ivy - Glechoma hederacea

 Pied Wagtail

Ramsons - Allium ursinum

Take Care

Monday 2 March

Another windy cold morning

The old female cones and the new male catkins on Alder - Alnus glutinosa

 Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Leaves follow the flower, big ones that remind me of rhubarb, Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Almost in flower Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis these are the male flowers, female flowers seem scarcer there are a few around the valley fortunately they produce creeping runners or roots.

 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea leaves this should flower this year.

The Old Cottages must have been solid when you look at the stone that is left.

Take Care

Thursday 20 March

Good morning for mooching about the old cottage area in Drybones.

 Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis

 Stile Dry Bones

 Flowering Currant - Ripes sanguineum

 Forsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. xintermedia

 Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa

 Great Wood-rush - Luzula sylvatica

 Lesser Celandine  - Ficaria verna

 Londonpride - Saxifraga umbrosa x spathularis = S. x urbium

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa

Take Care

Friday 21 February

Dry & a drop in temperature frost this morning, the weathers so erratic.

A walk on the Lower Burgh Meadow

 Finally flowering, Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera

 Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis, male flowers

Thank goodness for the gates, these two are very vocal and sound the part

 Gorse - Ulex europaeus, in flower

 Our pretty Primrose - Primula vulgaris

The Small Lodge

Take Care

Monday 15 April

Damp today

 Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis

Flowering Currant - Ripes sanguineum

Take Care

Monday 18 March

Back to below freezing and a lovely dry morning

 The palest Mallard female I have seen 

 The Great Crested Grebes - not seen any sign of the nest (which is good) but I know they will have one some where.

 Path by the side of the Top Lodge

Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis this is the male flower

Take Care