Sunday 27 April

Weather still okay, we are being promised a good summer, I have not got my shorts out yet :)

This has been lovely this year, Bird Cherry - Prunus padus

Another patch of Bluebells

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

Finally in flower but I was unable to get near due to bramble & nettle, Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora

 Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus

 Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

Play Area from across the river

 Weigela - Weigela florida

I always think the buds are more attractive than the flower. Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus

Take Care

Wednesday 7 March part 5

And now the plants

 Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta - the only one in flower at the moment in Spring Wood

 Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora - no sign of any buds

 Hard Fern - Blechnum spicant - only this one plant in the area, we keep looking for others.

 Hard Fern - Blechnum spicant

 Lesser Celandine  - Ficaria verna lots out now

 Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Take Care

Thursday 5 May

Dry Morning

 Cream Spot Ladybird - Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora

 Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora

 Hartstongue - Phyllitis scolopendrium

 Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

 Lord & Ladies  - Arum maculatum

 Lord & Ladies  - Arum maculatum

Still got 11 young - that is wonderful.

Weigelia in bud - Weigela florida

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

Wednesday 29 April

Dry morning, met up with Debbie and the boys, Jake & Harvey.

This blackbird egg was on the footpath, we thought it might have been taken by one of the numerous magpies - there seemed to be a lot of activity among them at the top end of Spring Wood.

Darwin's Barberry another one that I would have if I was planting a new hedge.
Fringe Cups these are garden escapees that have started to appear in all sorts of areas.

This is Hart's Tongue - the colour stunned me as I am so use to seeing the older darker green leaves.

One of the fresh leaves starting to unfurl.

I will be keeping an eye on this as it grows.

Lily of the Valley in flower.

Lungwort in flower.

Solomon's Seal

Wood Speedwell in flower.

Woodruff in flower.