Thursday 14 June

Dry

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa

 Chives - Allium schoenoprasum

 Wild Carrot - Daucus carota

 Cinnabar Moth

Small Tortoiseshell

Take Care

Sunday 3 July

Sunny morning and we ended up on the Lower Burgh Meadow.

But as we were setting off four Hot Air Balloons passed over the house - they looked beautiful against the clear sky.

 Another Cat kill found on Sunny Brow

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa var. bobartii

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

 Skipper

 Marsh Woundwort - Stachys palustris

 Peached-Leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia

 Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

 Scented Mayweed - Matricaria recutita

Tufted Vetch - Vicia cracca

Take Care.

Saturday 18 June

Dry again

 Cat's Ear - Hypochoeris radicata

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa

 Compact Rush - Juncus conglomeratus

 Compact Rush - Juncus conglomeratus

 Enchanter's Nightshade - Circaea lutetiana

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum - as we walked toward this mass of Honeysuckle we could smell the wonderful scent long before we saw it.

Nipplewort - Lapsana communis

 Large Bindweed bud beautiful without it's flower - Calystegia silvatica

Large Bindweed bud with tip of flower showing - Calystegia silvatica

Take Care.

Tuesday 14 June

On to the Lower Burgh Meadow this morning, we had an excellent two hours just wandering about and checking for the Bee Orchid - we weren't disappointed.

 Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera even though we have a good idea where to look they are not easy to spot, I think this one looks like it's laughing.

 Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

 Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera two in this spot one in bud and the other has been eaten by slugs.

 Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis there are plenty of these in this area.

 Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii - all over the place this year.

 7 Spot Ladybird

 7 Spot Ladybird

 Green Sawfly - rhogogaster viridis on Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum - it was a beautiful colour blending well with the leaf.

Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum not in flower yet.

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa var. bobartii - another rarity on the meadow. Unfortunately it's being eaten away by the figwort weevil.

 Common Knapweed  - Centaurea nigra

 Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris

 Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris

 False Oat-grass - Arrhenatherum elatius

 Creeping Thistle - Circium arvense

 Creeping Thistle - Circium arvense

 Tufted Vetch - Vicia cracca

 Zigzag Clover - Trifolium medium

 Zigzag Clover - Trifolium medium

 Tern Raft in use.

On the way home we found Common Black Ground Beetle - Pterostichus melanarius. Not pretty to some but still a friend in the garden.

Take Care.