Friday 17 April

Good Morning

 White Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

Greylag Goose

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris

Take Care

Wednesday 11 March

Another cold sunny morning

We were chatting and Billy Swan got out of the water to remind me that they needed feeding

 Common Nettle - Urtica dioica no one likes to be nettled, I am always brushing near them and end up looking for a dock leaf. They may sting but they are one of the most important plants for some of the butterfly.

On the rucks, Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum these are a little behind the ones lower down the valley.

Take Care

Monday 26 January

Damp this morning

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

 Scaly Male-fern - Dryopteris affinis

 Barren Strawberry - Potentilla sterilis

 Velvet Shank

 Jelly Ear - Auricularia auricula-judae

King Alfred's Cakes

Take Care

Wednesday 7 January

Cool damp morning - had a good walk

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum peeping through these were on the edge of Burgh Wood

There are groups of these growing all over the Valley

 

I am now looking forward to Spring

Take Care

Thursday 10 July

Found this near Drybones there are plenty of Lords & Ladies in the valley but we rarely get to see the seed head - this one has not quite ripened - the seeds will go red if allowed but we rarely see them reach this stage.

Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

Take Care

Thursday 10 April

Beautiful morning for our walk

 Common Sorrel - Rumex acetosa

 Greater Stitchwort - Stellaria holostea

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

 Red Campion - Silene dioica

Male & Female flowers of Silver Birch - Betula pendula

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

Thursday 20 March

Good morning for mooching about the old cottage area in Drybones.

 Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis

 Stile Dry Bones

 Flowering Currant - Ripes sanguineum

 Forsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. xintermedia

 Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa

 Great Wood-rush - Luzula sylvatica

 Lesser Celandine  - Ficaria verna

 Londonpride - Saxifraga umbrosa x spathularis = S. x urbium

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa

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

Wednesday 12 February

Dry morning my shoulder is a lot better, can't do any weight lifting but who wants to :)

We decided to have a look around the old cottage area that we see from across the top lodge, I must put some old photos on to show you how beautiful they looked back when life was hard and yet values meant  more, there I go on my maudlin soap box, I have got down and have relaxed.

 This is the old cottage area - steps that are being slowly covered by mother nature, she reclaims most things back after we leave.

 I always feel sad that we have not documented this area enough, not a lot of photos of what was a busy industrial community.

 Daisy - Bellis perennis

 Hartstongue - Asplenium scolopendrium lots in the old brickwork

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

 Scarlet Elf Cup - just one 

Willow Bud