Friday 13 June

Glorious morning and we were orchid hunting, we soon found our first photo, not the rarest but becoming so in our valley due to constant upheaval. I had 8 pin pointed on gps no sign of them, so moved on to fresh areas and we found some, all the rest were a wonderful bonus 

 Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

 Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

 Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

 Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

 Rough Hawkbit - Leontodon hispidus

 Tufted Vetch - Vicia cracca

White Campion - Silene latifolia

Take Care

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

Sunday 24 June

Raining

 Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris

 Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

 Rough Hawkbit - Leontodon hispidus

 Southern Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza praetermissa

 Tufted Vetch - Vicia cracca

Zigzag Clover - Trifolium medium

Take Care

Sunday 3 July

Sunny morning and we ended up on the Lower Burgh Meadow.

But as we were setting off four Hot Air Balloons passed over the house - they looked beautiful against the clear sky.

 Another Cat kill found on Sunny Brow

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa var. bobartii

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

 Skipper

 Marsh Woundwort - Stachys palustris

 Peached-Leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia

 Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

 Scented Mayweed - Matricaria recutita

Tufted Vetch - Vicia cracca

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