Sunday 27 April

Weather still okay, we are being promised a good summer, I have not got my shorts out yet :)

This has been lovely this year, Bird Cherry - Prunus padus

Another patch of Bluebells

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

Finally in flower but I was unable to get near due to bramble & nettle, Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora

 Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus

 Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

Play Area from across the river

 Weigela - Weigela florida

I always think the buds are more attractive than the flower. Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus

Take Care

Friday 25 May

Dry Morning

 Large Bittercress - Cardamine amara

 Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

 Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

 Rhododendron - Rhododendron ponticum

 Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata

 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata

Snipe Fly

Take Care

Saturday 7 May

Showers again - the land is so dry we need it.

 Common Cornsalad - Valerianella locusta

 Lesser Trefoil  - Trifolium dubium

 Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

 Pignut - Conopodium majus

 Pignut - Conopodium majus

Yellow Rattle Leaves

Take Care.

Friday 6 May

Rain Showers this morning.

Coot Nest

Enteridium Lycoperdon

Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

Caterpillar on Sycamore

Hard Fern - Blechnum spicant

Large Bittercress - Cardamine amara

Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

Red Campion - Silene dioica

Rhododendron - Rhododendron ponticum

Toad

Wood Avens - Geum urbanum

Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum

Take Care.

Wednesday 26 May

I was on my own this morning, another parcel coming.

It was mild and I just drifted among the woods and paths.

Chicken of the Wood - this has been on this stump before strange how it has missed a couple seasons, I would not pick it but it is edible.

Bramble - Rubus fruticosus - plenty of buds so we may get plenty of fruit for those pies.

Broad Leaved Willowherb - Epilobium montanum - this was the only one I saw in flower but it will make up for it.

Broom - Cytisus scoparius - from a distance looks like gorse but it is so different yet they both belong to the pea family, Broom does not flower most of the year, it's leaves are not spine like as in the gorse.

Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica - won't be long before this is in flower.

Path with a carpet of Goat Willow seeds.

Japanese Rose - Rosa rugosa - this is a garden throw out, it is just in the park, it is an attractive rose but tends to go wild in the garden, great for part of an hedge.

Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum - lots about now.

Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Welsh Poppy Seed Head - Meconopsis cambrica

Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis - ready to disperse it's pollen.

Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis - all done and dusted.

Take Care.

Sunday 23 May

On our own again, another warm one, not many folk about.

Ash - Fraxinus excelsior

Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

Celery-leaved Buttercup - Ranunculus sceleratus

Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum

Fish in the Yarrow it was approx 12 inches long.

Meadow Foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis

Scented Mayweed - Matricaria recutita

Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum

Take Care.