Monday 30 June

Sunny day

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Cinnabar Catapillars

 Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas

 Still waiting for the Corn-cockle - Agrostemma githago to flower

 Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus

 Gatekeeper

 Goat's Rue - Galega officinalis

Leaf & tendrils Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Red Bartsia - Odontites vernus

 Scarlet Pimpernel - Anagallis arvensis

 Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

White version of Red Clover - Trifolium pratense, not a rarity but have to say it's the first time I have come across it, we get red, zig zag, alsike & white on the meadow this just stood out - it made the white clover look like it needed a persil wash.

Take Care

Saturday 29 June

Dry morning

 Dotted Loosestrife - Lysimachia puntacta

I think  this is Great Pond Snail waiting for confirmation - It has been ID as an Amber Snail.
I may have seen it before but just thought it was a Great Pond Snail, so a first for me.

 Black Headed Gulls avoiding the tern rafts as they are nesting and in keep clear mode.

 Old roots that I always thought looked like steps and now I think they may well have been used long ago - bricks at the base look like they were put in to help.

 Weir

Wood Avens - Geum urbanum

Take Care

Wednesday 15 August

Dry Morning

Two more yellow flowers

 Dotted Loosestrife - Lysimachia puntacta

Yellow Loosestrife - Lysimachia vulgaris

Close relatives and very confusing till you get to know them

Take Care

Saturday 4 August

Dry again

 Amphibious Bistort - Persicaria amphibia

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

Take Care

Tuesday 3 April

Dry 

 Darwin's Barberry - Berberis darwinii

 Dogwood - Cornus sanquinea

 Dotted Loosestrife - Lysimachia puntacta

Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Take Care.

Wednesday 31 August

Cool morning, cloudy but the rain stayed away.

We went onto the Lower Burgh Meadow.

Alsike Clover - Trifolium hybridum 

 Amphibious Bistort - Persicaria amphibia this was very disappointing due to the dry weather - usually a large flowering patch but only found two flowers.

 Amphibious Bistort - Persicaria amphibia

 Apple Mint - Mentha x villosa this is the best mint for the table we love it.

Common Knapweed  - Centaurea nigra 

 Common Michaelmas Daisy - Aster novi-belgii x lanceolatus = A. x salignus

 Puccinia poarum on Colts Foot Leaves

 Puccinia poarum on Colts Foot Leaves

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

Wild Carrot - Daucus carota there was plenty of this about last year but I only managed to find a small area.

 Wild Carrot - Daucus carota

The You Are Here Sign has been moved to a more prominent place.

Take Care.

Monday 22 August

Dry morning.

Up to the Lower Burgh Meadow & pond

 Bulrush - Typha latifolia

 Gatekeeper

 Hedge Bindweed - Calystegia sepium

 Meg

 Montbretia - Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

 Pedunculate Oak - Quercus robur

 Prickley Sow Thistle - Sonchus asper

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Ragged Robin - Lychnis flos-cuculi

 Red Admiral

 Speckled Wood

Tachinid Fly - Tachina fera

Take Care.