Thursday 26 March

Rain once again greeted us on our walk, thankfully it cleared

Bud burst on Ash - Fraxinus excelsior

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

Old Cone from Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

Went out for dinner and called into Chorley as I had an errand to do

 There are a few of these on this building - I like this one with the specs on

Market Tavern

Take Care

Monday 9 March

More plants coming to life

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum when I see honeysuckle it invokes the memory of walking down the path of a large old house that had been split into three large houses each with it's own driveway, as I approached the scent overwhelmed me, I had not seen the the plants in the many times I had visited but today they were in flower, I found them in the old walled garden - one of the walls was covered in honeysuckle the sight and smell was instantly burned on my memory wall, have not been down that driveway in over 10 years and often wonder if the gardens are still there.

 Opposite Leaved Golden-Saxifrage - Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Opposite Leaved Golden-Saxifrage - Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Take Care

Tuesday 14 January

Damp yet a pleasant morning.

 One of the regular sights on our walks - Dipper on the river near the weir.

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

 River Yarrow from Sunny Brow Bridge

 A view on Birkacre Rucks

The Sluice Channel, the weir end.

Take Care

Thursday 4 July

Dry morning and we ventured down into Duxbury.

Hasn't Bing grown he's a live wire

Two little Lambs who have lost their way, not really they are from the next field, we helped them back.

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly 

We went to the Euxton Mill for our dinner and called at the Crematorium on the way back - this is in Charnock Richard not been open long and we enjoyed the walk around. It is well looked after by the staff.

Take care.

Friday 20 July

Rain this morning

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

 Large Bindweed - Calystegia silvatica

 Tufted Vetch - Vicia cracca

Wood Avens - Geum urbanum

Take Care

Tuesday 19 June

Dry Morning

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

Take Care

Saturday 7 January

Windy & Dry

 Canada Geese

 Cormorant 

 Holly - Ilex aquifolium still a few berries left.

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum always one of the first to show signs of spring.

Turkeytail

Take Care.

Tuesday 27 September

Dry Morning.

 Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

 Bird Pellet - about 2 inches / 5cm in size I know these are studied so I have no doubt someone will be able to tell us who did it?

 Big Lodge 

 Upright Hedge Parsley - Torilis japonica

 Common Nettle - Urtica dioica

Later I had a walk down the New Road still plenty in flower.

 Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

 7 Spot Ladybird

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Enteridium Lycoperdon a slime mold.

 Prickley Sow Thistle - Sonchus asper

 White Dead Nettle - Lamium album

 Bridge below Sunny Mount

 Sunny Mount Entrance

 Devil's-bit Scabious - Succisa pratensis

 Cat's Ear - Hypochoeris radicata

 Common Knapweed  - Centaurea nigra

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

 Path through the Rucks

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

 Hedge Woundwort - Stachys sylvatica

Speckled Wood

Take Care.