Saturday 10 January

Windy with rain in the air, very mild.

 Field Rose Hip - Rosa arvensis not many left on

Harry Heron trying his luck at the weir ladder

 Ivy - Hedera helix berries not ripe but the birds are taking them

Charlie Robin watching me put seed on the feeding post

Take Care

Wednesday 3 December

Below freezing this morning, plenty of frost about - there is a beauty in the plants when they have been touched by the frost even though it means the end for some of them.

 Big Lodge

Frosted Bramble - Rubus fruticosus

Frosted Ivy - Hedera helix

 Polyanthus looking as though they love the cold - these are in tubs scattered about the village

View overlooking the Rucks

Cold night and the Swans are glad to see us

Take Care

Monday 3 November

Damp again but mild and as you can see nature is fooled into thinking it's time to wake up.

Second flush of Bugle - Ajuga reptans, I don't think it will flower the temperature will cool and send it back to sleep.

 Hartstongue - Asplenium scolopendrium

 Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

 Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

 Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

 Ivy - Hedera helix

Shaggy Inkcap - Coprinus comatus

Take Care

Sunday 30 March

Flowers & Trees from Sunday

Blue Anemone - Anemone apennina

Bugle - Ajuga reptans

Colt's-foot - Tussilago farfara

Common Dog Voilet - Viola riviniana

Cowslip - Primula veris

Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Ivy - Hedera helix

Ramsons - Allium ursinum

Teasel - Dipsacus fullonum

Wavy Bitter-cress - Cardamine flexuosa

Take Care

Friday 28 February

A few more from Friday

 Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus

 Ivy - Hedera helix

 Rhododendron - Rhododendron ponticum

 Elder - Sambucus nigra

 Lesser Celandine  - Ficaria verna

Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

Take Care

Friday 31 January

Damp, yet we enjoyed the walk - felt cold this morning due to the wind chill, we tried to keep to the hedges for some protection.

 Big Lodge View

 Ivy - Hedera helix

Take Care

Tuesday 15 October

Damp this morning.

 Firethorn - Pyracantha coccinea

Harry the Heron perching - we tend not to look for these birds in trees, yet we often see them - their shape makes it hard to pick out them sometimes.

Ivy - Hedera helix

Take Care

Saturday 2 March

Dry cold morning

The beautiful red/wine coloured male catkins of Alder - Alnus glutinosa

 There's been a bench here for as long as I have walked the valley, this is a newish metal one, very rarely see anyone using it, the reason being it looks at a fence, I have used the old one in the past when I was ill. I believe the main purpose of this bench is for a breather on the way up the brow, it is quite a testing climb and the bench was always a welcome rest for me then. 

No female flowers as yet but plenty of male catkins on the Hazel - Corylus avellana

 I am always amazed at the variation in the leaf of Common Ivy - Hedera helix

View from the gate on Sunny Brow, it is a glorious day.

Take Care

Monday 26 November

Rain this morning not as cold but the birds are still hungry.

Nuthatch

 Chaffinch

 Coal Tit

Ivy - Hedera helix

 Take care.