Sunday 16 December

Damp again 

I found Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas on the Lower Burgh Meadow - it's the one I expect to find.

 Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas

 Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas

 Birch Woodwort on Silver Birch stump on the rucks

Can't mistake the bark of White Poplar - Populus alba plenty on the edge of the Lower Burgh

This is only the second Scaly Male-fern - Dryopteris affinis I have found in the valley, this was on the rucks, I will check this area when I have more time. The other was in Burgh Wood.

 Scaly Male-fern - Dryopteris affinis

 The blackish spot where the leaflets meet the midrib is the pointer I look for to tell if it is Scaly Male-fern - Dryopteris affinis

Take Care

Monday 26 September

Damp morning on the Lower Burgh Meadow.

 Common Michaelmas Daisy - Aster novi-belgii x lanceolatus = A. x salignus

 Meg

 A rare sight - a sign intact.

White Poplar - Populus alba

Take Care.

Saturday 15 May

We were on our own again, up on to the Burgh to have a look round.

Arnold looking for flowers.

Bog Stitchwort a very tiny plant, you can not see it in this photo but the five petals are so deeply cut it looks like it has ten when it is fully open.

Colt's-foot seed heads.

Common Comfrey.

Common Twayblade found by member of the Chorley Natural History Society.

So I had to have a look, will be watching these to see them flower.

Common Vetch.

Cowslips

Cuckooflower

The weird looking Dandelion is suffering from fasciation.

Ground Ivy

Gorse

Hairless Lady's Mantle

Hawthorn Buds

Herb Robert. We get lots of this in back garden were I clean our boots off.

Meadow Vetchling Leaves

Red Campion

Ribwort

White Dead Nettle

White Poplar

Take Care.