Friday 29 July

Another dry morning.

 Lords-and-Ladies - Arum maculatum we don't often see the seed heads.

 Lords-and-Ladies - Arum maculatum 

Knott End again.

Sand castles not a common sight now a days

 Sea Aster - Aster tripolium

 Spear-leaved Orache - Atriplex prostrata

Wall Barley - Hordeum murinum

Take Care.

Sunday 24 July

Sunny this morning and we had a great time on the beach.

Mussell shell with Barnacles attached.

Common Cord-grass - Spartina anglica

Geese & Llama on one of the farms - All the geese are already ordered for Christmas.

Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris

Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris

Sea Aster - Aster tripolium

Sea Potato - Echinocardium cordatum also called Heart Urchin

Sea Potato - Echinocardium cordatum

Sea Potato - Echinocardium cordatum

Smooth Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus

Looks like a river - but it is a water outlet on the beach into the sea.

Water outlet to sea

Take Care

Saturday 16 July

It rained and I mean rained during the night, we picked a dry moment and headed for the beach.

Meg was wet within minutes but we managed to dodge the heavy showers until we got onto the seawall - drenched and glad to get dry & warm again, Meg was the worst - three towels and she was still damp.

 Common Sea-lavender - Limonium vulgare

 Common Sea-lavender - Limonium vulgare

 Common Glasswort - Salicornia europaea

 Lax-flowered Sea-lavender - Limonium humile

 Lax-flowered Sea-lavender - Limonium humile

Sea Aster - Aster tripolium

Take Care.

Monday 16 August

Knott End again and it's another sunny morning.

 Apple of Peru - Nicandra physalodes - flower still not open fully.

 Arnold watching the ferry going out.

Anyone have any idea for an ID on the birds?

 Sea Shore Birds again.

Cockles in shore pool.

  Oystercatcher Feather

 Ferry going to Larne

 Meg

 Oystercatchers & Gulls

 Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

 Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

 Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

 Sea Aster - Aster tripolium

Spiral Wrack - Fucus spiralis

Take Care.

Monday 12 July

Dry again.

White Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

Timothy - Phleum pratense

Had a trip to the sea side - had to go looking for plants.

These were all along the sea wall and shore.

White & Yellow forms of Wild Radish - Raphanus raphanistrum

Wild Radish - Raphanus raphanistrum

Common Sea-lavender - Limonium vulgare

Common Sea-lavender - Limonium vulgare

Greater Sea-spurrey - Spergularia media

Sea Aster - Aster tripolium

Every time I find this it is just going over flowering, there was plenty of Glasswort about as you can see at the right of the photo.

Wall Barley - Hordeum murinum

Arnold enjoying the view.

Take Care.