Wednesday 13 May

Excellent walking morning

 Apple - Malus

 Big Lodge

 Sparrowhawk wing - all that was left found on the rucks, it's a small hawk but I wonder what happened to it?

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Common Whitebeam - Sorbus aria

 Part of the Old Cottages

 Firethorn - Pyracantha coccinea

 Hartstongue - Asplenium scolopendrium

 Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas

 Moschatel - Adoxa moschatellina 

 Slime Mould - Lycogala

 Spiraea sp.

 Marker Stone Mystery

 Tern

 Weigela - Weigela florida

 Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Take Care

29 & 30 & 31 December

29th Dec: Cold this morning

 I love the way frost forms

Sunny Brow

30th: A good clear morning

 Another marker near the small pond no number, still no answers about them

The Weir Channel showing the overflow channel back into the river

 

In the River was Harry Heron

31st: Walked over to the derelict Ellerbeck Colliery site today

This is Eller Brook from which the old colliery was named, will do a separate blog in the new year

Take Care

Thursday 18 December

Milder today with showers

 The Christmas Tree has gained some decorations

This is no 10 Marker still no idea what they represent but we are working on it

Cheeky Grey Squirrel

Take Care

Monday 15 December

Dry morning, above freezing the weather is upside down

Sunrise over the Big Lodge

 Darwin's Barberry - Berberis darwinii looks like the buds are dying back no second flush of flowers

 Dogwood - Cornus sanquinea it is at this stage that it draws the most attention - stands out like a sore thumb

Been among these old workings on the rucks many times but I have to wonder what these markers are for this is number 2 and number 10 is near the brick lined pond and old boiler, will ask around to see if anyone knows anything about them and the missing numbers.

Take Care