Tuesday 14 April

A good walk down the Yarrow Valley

 Primula vulgaris ‘Double Lilac, planted by someone

Wild Garlic or Ramsons - Allium ursinum

 A few Roses in the River Yarrow this morning - a memory for someone

Robin peeping from her nest

 

A little gem Shining Cranesbill - Geranium lucidum

Top Lodge

 

Wood Sorrel - Oxalis acetosella

Take Care

Saturday 9 February

Rain this morning.

 Hazel - Corylus avellana

 Bugle - Ajuga reptans

 Many Flowered Rose - Rosa Multiflora

Another sign on the Play Area - how long will this last?

What is it with people they keep destroying these signs - it is a short footpath and let's be fair we walk our dogs all over the valley so why not keep the play area clean. I know lots' of people pick up dog muck but there are still some that can not be bothered. They are the ones that spoil it for responsible dog owners.

Take Care

Saturday 1 September

Damp Morning - We did a circular up to the burgh and round onto the barrow field then back through Burgh Wood.

The entrance to Burgh Hall Coaching House - the old house was demolished years ago.

 Chicken of the Wood

 Japanese Rose - Rosa rugosa

Shrubby Cinquefoil-Potentilla fruticosa

Take Care

Saturday 30 June

Damp

 Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis

 Double Rose growing wild now that the old cottage gardens are becoming part of the woods again

 Field Rose - Rosa arvensis

 Beautiful Rose - another from the old cottage 

Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

Take Care

Friday 8 June

Damp again

 Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

Growing wild a garden escapee Druce's Crane's-bill - Geranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum

 Japanese Rose - Rosa rugosa

 Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare

Another escapee quite easy to think it is Meadow Cranesbill but this is Purple Crane's-bill - Geranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum

Yellow Day-lily - Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus found in the church yard

Take Care

Sunday 20 May

Dry Morning

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris

 Common Cornsalad - Valerianella locusta

 Great Tit Nest - the nest is at the bottom of the rotten stump - now all fledged

 Squirrel

Tern Rafts

Take Care

Wednesday 16 May

Rain this morning

 New Tern Raft

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Common Bistort  - Persicaria bistorta

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Take Care

Saturday 31 March

Dry Morning -Temperature at 6am 45.7 Fahrenheit 

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Goat Willow - Salix caprea

 Hairy Wood-rush - Luzula pilosa

 Ramsons - Allium ursinum

 Red Campion - Silene dioica

Wood Sorrel - Oxalis acetosella

Take Care

Tuesday 16 August

Raining this morning brightened up later on.

 Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

 Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

 Bramble - Rubus fruticosus

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Devil's-bit Scabious - Succisa pratensis

 Elder - Sambucus nigra

 Giant Montbretia - Crocosmia masoniorum

 Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna

Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

Take Care