March 2019

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

Sunday 26 October

Damp & mild

Part of the overflow from the channel to the River Yarrow

The very patient Heron at the Weir

The Cones of Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

Still in Flower Red Campion - Silene dioica

Take Care

Wednesday 2 April

All over the valley new life is appearing

 7 Spot Ladybird

Our native Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Bumblebee searching for the right place to make her nest 

 Common Dog Voilet - Viola riviniana

 No scent with this one

 Garden Grape Hyacinth - Muscari armeniacum they get everywhere :)

 Larch - Larix note the odd one out the female flower that we see later as the cone

Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum we don't get many patches with the spotted leaves

Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Take Care

Sunday 19 February

Cool dry morning

 Long Tail Tit

 Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis

 Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

Take Care.

Monday 11 July

On our own so we ambled about - it was dry and warm in the valley.

Bramble - Rubus fruticosus

Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

 Not a pretty sight but nature has to be seen in all it's facets - we think a crow...

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia

 Speckled Wood a bit worn - by the old cottage ruins at Dry Bones.

Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium

Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Meadow Brown lots about on Primrose Hill.

Figwort Sawfly - Tenthredo scrophulariae

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Red Bartsia - Odontites verna

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Mugwort in Bud - Artemisia vulgaris

Yellow Iris Seed Pods - Iris pseudacorus

Take Care.

Thursday 5 May

Dry Morning

 Cream Spot Ladybird - Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora

 Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora

 Hartstongue - Phyllitis scolopendrium

 Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

 Lord & Ladies  - Arum maculatum

 Lord & Ladies  - Arum maculatum

Still got 11 young - that is wonderful.

Weigelia in bud - Weigela florida

Take Care.