Saturday 14 March

Cool morning

 Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa flower buds

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare Spores

Close up of the tiny female Hazel flower - Corylus avellana

 Jelly Ear - Auricularia auricula-judae

Jelly Ear - Auricularia auricula-judae

Take Care

Sunday 8 February

Just below freezing again

Noticed that Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium still had a few berries left.

Damp mist

Harry Heron looking for breakfast

 Meg waiting for the slow coaches - you can almost read her mind come my breakfast is next.

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare up in the branches of a tree.

Lichen & Moss almost covering the tree

Take Care

Sunday 2 March

More from Sunday

Beech with Canker

 Cow Parsley - Anthriscus sylvestris

Lichen

 Polypodium

 Ramsons - Allium ursinum

Swans 

Take Care

Thursday 3 January

Damp again

 Red Campion - Silene dioica my 2nd open flower this year, campion will flower all year round if the weather permits.

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare - there is not a lot of this about in this area so I have been pleased to see this bit flourish in the wall of the lodge, the circular spore/sori tell me it is common.

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare found this the other day and I now believe this is the source of the one on the wall - this is on the branch of an Oak Tree - I have been reading that this was a prized plant growing in the Oak it was believed to have gained the strength of the Mighty Oak, the root was used as a medicine for coughs, congestion, constipation and worms, quite a list. They say the root is sweet and has a liquorice flavour I can not confirm as I have not tasted it and not likely to :)  

Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare - Well worth researching 

Take Care

Friday 9 March

Raining this morning

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare a first for me in this area, I will probably see more now.

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare back side of leaf showing spores

Primrose - Primula vulgaris

Take Care

Sunday 4 September

Knott End on Sea

Dry this morning after a very wet 24 hours. First time I have got the camera out for a few days.

Even the birds seemed to be glad to dry off.

 Red-legged Partridge

 Red-legged Partridge

 Red-legged Partridge

 Curlew on the beach

 Curlew

 Curlews - its' friend turned up

 Curlews

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare

Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

This has got to be one of the wettest few days for us, today was the first day we managed to avoid one of the heavy down pours.

Take Care.

Sunday 7 August

Showers again but we had a good walk along the wall.

 Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare

Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare

Take Care

Monday 2 August

All taken from the wall at Knott End on Sea.

Chives - Allium schoenoprasum

Cinnabar Caterpillar

Common Blue lots about.

Common Comfrey - Symphytum officinale

Common Field Speedwell - Veronica persica

Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare

English Stonecrop - Sedum anglicum

Knott End

Looking toward Heysham.

Rose Hips

Fleetwood across the Wyre Estuary.

Morecambe Bay Wind Farm.

Knott End

Wild Carrot Seed Head - Daucus carota

Take Care.