Sunday 5 January

Red Sky at morning shepherd's warning, it was on fire so we had been warned, we made it back home dry, the wind had started to make it self felt as we headed back.

Home and our breakfast tucked away, now for a few hours on this computer 

Take Care

Wednesday 3 August

Dry Morning so we went to Dry Bones and then onto Primrose Hill.

Weir

 Rose for ID

 Rose for ID

 Elecampane - Inula helenium

 Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare

Wild Privet - Ligustrum vulgare

Take Care.

Monday 11 July

On our own so we ambled about - it was dry and warm in the valley.

Bramble - Rubus fruticosus

Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

 Not a pretty sight but nature has to be seen in all it's facets - we think a crow...

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia

 Speckled Wood a bit worn - by the old cottage ruins at Dry Bones.

Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium

Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Meadow Brown lots about on Primrose Hill.

Figwort Sawfly - Tenthredo scrophulariae

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Red Bartsia - Odontites verna

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Mugwort in Bud - Artemisia vulgaris

Yellow Iris Seed Pods - Iris pseudacorus

Take Care.

Saturday 9 July

On our own so we wandered on to the Lower Burgh Meadow.

 Alsike Clover - Trifolium hybridum small patch just going over.

 Alsike Clover - Trifolium hybridum

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine this patch had about 7 plants last year, they are here but look like the strimmers have done a bit of cutting down, unfortunately they are near to the paths edge.

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine

Common Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea 

 Fungi

 Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium this one is part of an hedge in the village, the scent always reminds me of my childhood, it was always a popular hedge. Wild Privit does grow round here but I have not seen it flower yet.

 Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium

 Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

 Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria not a lot on the meadow I expected it to spread but it seems to be less this year.

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Square-stalked St John's-wort - Hypericum tetrapterum there's plenty of St John's-wort about but not square stalked and yes this is also next to the path, I have yet to see this flower.

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum finally in flower

Take Care.