Monday 19 May

We headed towards Drybones through the Valley

 Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris

 Garden Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla mollis

 Hornbeam Fruit/Seed - Carpinus betulus

 Weir View

Steps & Path to Drybones

Take Care

Friday16 March

Dry Morning

 Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa

 Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Common Bistort  - Persicaria bistorta

 Daisy - Bellis perennis

 Frog Spawn

 Hairless Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla glabra

 Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris buds just showing.

Primrose - Primula vulgaris

Take Care

Friday 20 May

Dry Morning.

 Bee among the Buttercups

 Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus corniculatus

 Black and Red Leafhopper - Cercopis vulnerata - Had this ID, never seen this before, only got the one photo as it hopped off.

 Brooklime - Veronica beccabunga

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 By the Big Lodge

 Canada Goose

 Field Forget Me Not - Myosotis arvensis

 Fly for ID

 Garden Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla mollis

Very close to where the Smooth Lady's Mantle was until it got strimmed.

 Garden Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla mollis

 Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium

 Scorpion Fly - Panorpa communis (male)

 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata - lots about at the moment.

 Soldier Beetle

 Swan Family

Wood Forget-me-not - Myosotis sylvatica 

Take Care.

Monday 25 April

Beautiful Morning for a walk.

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff only got the two photos and believe me it took 4 of us to pin point it.

Fungi on Primrose Hill.

 Hairless Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla glabra

Red Clover - Trifolium pratense

Take Care.

Monday 18 April

Dry again.

 Apple - Malus sp.

 Bluebells

 Hairless Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla glabra

 Hairless Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla glabra

 Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus

 Large Bittercress - Cardamine amara

 This Moorhen seems a little confused, I wondered if she realised that one of her chicks had just gone into the water.

 It was trying to climb back up.

 Mum seems totally non plus, all of a sudden another appeared from under her and yes into the water it went.

 They waited for Mum

Mum finally got into the water, the chicks trying to catch her up. 

 Ramsons - Allium ursinum

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Take Care.

Saturday 15 May

We were on our own again, up on to the Burgh to have a look round.

Arnold looking for flowers.

Bog Stitchwort a very tiny plant, you can not see it in this photo but the five petals are so deeply cut it looks like it has ten when it is fully open.

Colt's-foot seed heads.

Common Comfrey.

Common Twayblade found by member of the Chorley Natural History Society.

So I had to have a look, will be watching these to see them flower.

Common Vetch.

Cowslips

Cuckooflower

The weird looking Dandelion is suffering from fasciation.

Ground Ivy

Gorse

Hairless Lady's Mantle

Hawthorn Buds

Herb Robert. We get lots of this in back garden were I clean our boots off.

Meadow Vetchling Leaves

Red Campion

Ribwort

White Dead Nettle

White Poplar

Take Care.