Monday 16 June

Dry sunny day

 Cleaver - Galium aparine

Crane Fly

 Cut-leaved Cranesbill - Geranium dissectum

 Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

Many Flowered Rose - Rosa Multiflora

Take Care

Wednesday 11 September

Damp morning 

 The Big Lodge from the car park end

 Signs of autumn Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum going to seed.

 Ash keys - Fraxinus excelsior plenty of seeds this year

The leaves are now falling, already got a good layer on the rucks.

Take Care

Tuesday 3 July

Damp morning

 Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

 Marsh Woundwort - Stachys palustris

 Marsh Woundwort - Stachys palustris

Yellow Rattle - Rhianthus minor

Take Care

Sunday 17 July

Back at home still raining - we had our usual walk.

 Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum

 Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

Looks like the play area is finished -

must be waiting for some local bigwig to open it as it is still fenced off.

 Mini Stonehenge

Looks okay but we have heard that the local yobs are already trying to damage it.

Take Care.

Sunday 26 June Morning

Dry Morning, we took Meg early as I was out on a trip later.

 Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas

 Daisy - Bellis perennis

 Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

 Picnic Playground

 Pineappleweed - Matricaria discoidea

 Mum (Edwina)

 The two cygnets

 Dad (Billy)

Terns Mating - there were three young from last mating but none seem to have survived.

Take Care.

Sunday 19 June

Dry again

 Nest box in Burgh Wood - what ever tried to enlarge the hole did not manage it

 Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

 Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

 Touch Me Not Balsam - Impatiens noli-tangere just a couple of plants flowering early.

 Touch Me Not Balsam - Impatiens noli-tangere

 Velvet Bent - Agrostis canina

 Velvet Bent - Agrostis canina

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Take Care.

Tuesday 29 June

Thunderstorm this morning.

  We set off on our walk in the rain, it was stopping by the time we got home.

Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

Another Common Shrew found on the footpath.

Take Care.

Saturday 19 June

Alder Gall - Eriophyes inangulis 19.06.10 (3)

Showing both sides.

Big Lodge

Common Knapweed buds - Centaurea nigra

Hemp Agrimony buds - Eupatorium cannabinum

Honeysuckle - Lonicera periclymenum

Knotgrass - Polygonum aviculare

Large Bindweed - Calystegia silvatica

Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

Swan Family on the Top Lodge.

Take Care.

Thursday 24 September

Still out of action but the work seems to be going ahead on the repair.

Ramblers watching a Grey Wagtail.
Great Tit on the Channel Sluice Table

Still hanging about the Cormorant.

These two seem to tolerate each other.

Slime Mold - also called Flowers of Tan and Dog Vomit Slime.

Hemp Agrimony

Fly Agaric

Black Medic