Tuesday 29 May

Dry  Morning

 Charlock - Sinapis arvensis

 Dog Rose - Rosa canina

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Red Clover - Trifolium pratense

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

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.

Thursday 16 June

Dry morning - 

 Crested Dog's-tail   - Cynosurus cristatus

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Himalayan Balsam - Impatiens glandulifera

 Peacock Caterpillars

 Perennial Rye-grass - Lolium perenne

 Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

 Swan (Billy) doing his sentry duty on the Top Lodge

Yorkshire Fog - Holcus lanatus

Take Care.

Wednesday 15 June

Dry Morning - only a short walk this morning about an hour. Meg has to go for more blood tests - she is still not stable, she has had 9 seizures in 28 days, looks like more juggling with her medications.

 Common Fleabane Leaves - Pulicaria dysenterica

 Common Shrew just two punture marks - probably a cat kill.

 Dog Rose - Rosa canina

 Dotted Loosestrife - Lysimachia puntacta

 False Oat Grass - Arrhenatherum elatius

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Large Bindweed - Calystegia silvatica

 Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare

 Pignut Seeds - Conopodium majus - they darken completely as they ripen.

 Pignut Flower- Conopodium majus

Pignut leaf - Conopodium majus

Take Care.

Saturday 4 June

Beautiful morning

 14 Spot Ladybird

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Hoverfly

 Would love to know what fish are in the river - they hide in the shade near the bridge

 Tern on the Raft

 Coming in to feed the young

All done

Take Care.