Showing posts with label lamb's-ear. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Friday 22 July

Knott End on Sea again.

 Biting Stonecrop - Sedum acre
 Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera
 Cinnabar Caterpillars on Ragwort
 Garden Speedwell - Veronica longifolia
 Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina
 Small Tortoiseshell
Soapwort - Saponaria officinallis

Take Care.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Friday 15 July

Today is a mixed bag of goodies.
Dry this morning we had a good walk around the woods.

 The Gate to Primrose Hill
 Smaller Cat's-tail - Phleum bertolonii

We met Sue and the Tribe and it's been a long time since we had some photos of them
 Toots leading with Teddy & Billy probably saying we give up you can have the ball.
 Billy & Teddy 
 Toots & Billy
Billy

 No She is not one of the tribe, well I suppose she is as this is Sally and belong's to one of Sue's Son's. I have been meaning to put these photos that Sue sent me on the blog for a while - 
Sally is a Collie x Springer Spaniel, that is a lively mix.


We were back in Knot End later in the day.
Hare's-foot Clover - Trifolium arvense this is all over the sea wall.
Hare's-foot Clover - Trifolium arvense
Cinnabar Caterpillar not many about this year.
Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina only the one plant.
Weld - Reseda luteola gone to seed.
White Stonecrop - Sedum album
Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis
Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis
Common Restharrow - Ononis repens
Canadian Goldenrod - Solidago canadensis

One of the local farmer's who was trying to get his hay in said that he hoped to get it in today as it was going to be bad weather tonight.
He was right the rain was torrential

Take Care

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Friday 3 June

Dry & very warm, wish we had left the coats at home.

 Coot with 7 babes
Looks like they are sun bathing.
 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum
 Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina this is growing in a garden 
 Nipplewort - Lapsana communis
 Picnic playground a long way from finished.
 Small Skipper
 Swan Family
This is not algae but masses of tadpoles.

Small video of the young coots

Take Care.