Wednesday 10 July

Lovely morning on the Lower Burgh Meadow

 Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria

 Sphaerophoria the experts can't get it any nearer from a photo but say it's female. To me it's a hoverfly.

 Musk Mallow - Malva moschata

 Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

 Skipper

 Teasel - Dipsacus fullonum

Burnet Moth on Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Take Care

Wednesday 29 June

Dry morning for our walk over the Lower Burgh Meadow, it was alive with colour.

Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera  - Managed to find another plant but the one with buds on has vanished completely, hope it has just been eaten by slugs.

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Not really a fly person but these just made me look twice - all sun bathing in the same direction and angle.

Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Musk Mallow - Malva moschata

Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum

Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

Red Bartsia - Odontites verna

Six Spot Burnet Moth

Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum

Take Care

Wednesday 14 July

Damp this morning - we went up on to the Lower Burgh.

Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria

Amphibious Bistort - Persicaria amphibia

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

Cut-leaved Cranesbill - Geranium dissectum

Field Scabious - Knautia arvensis

Field Scabious - Knautia arvensis

Hoary Ragwort - Senecio erucifolius

Hoary Ragwort - Senecio erucifolius

Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

Musk Mallow - Malva moschata

Scented Mayweed - Matricaria recutita

Sneezewort - Achillea ptarmica

Take Care.

Wednesday 30 June

Up to the Lower Burgh Meadow today, it was dry and the sun made it out in the end.

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

Branched Bur-reed - Sparganium erectum

Common Sedge - Carex nigra

Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Mallard & Babes

Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

Musk Mallow - Malva moschata

Narrow Leaved Water Plantain - Alisma lanceolata

Water Plantain - Alisma plantago-aquatica

Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

Swan Family

Rosebay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium

Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia