Sunday 13 May

Dry Morning

 Darwin's Barberry - Berberis darwinii

 Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula

 Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula

 Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula

 Rose Rust - Phragmidium

 Rose Rust - Phragmidium

Our swans have four babies

A couple of new swans on the main lodge

 Tormentil - Potentilla erecta

 Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Woodruff - Galium odoratum

Take Care

Tuesday 31 May

Dry Morning.

 Caddis Fly - just look at the length of the antennae.

 Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

 Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

The Himalayan on the left versus our native Yellow Balsam at the moment all round it but next year the seeds from this one plant could out number this patch.

 Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

 Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

 Remote Sedge - Carex remota

Wood Speedwell Seed - Veronica montana

Take Care

Wednesday 30 June

Up to the Lower Burgh Meadow today, it was dry and the sun made it out in the end.

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

Branched Bur-reed - Sparganium erectum

Common Sedge - Carex nigra

Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Mallard & Babes

Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

Musk Mallow - Malva moschata

Narrow Leaved Water Plantain - Alisma lanceolata

Water Plantain - Alisma plantago-aquatica

Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

Swan Family

Rosebay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium

Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia

Tuesday 25 May

Dry morning, no sunshine it was quite dull.

What a lot of little copy cats :)

Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula

Common Sorrel - Rumex acetosa

Common Sorrel Flowers - Rumex acetosa

Scorpion Fly

Remote Sedge - Carex remota

Remote Sedge - Carex remota

Herb Bennet or Wood Avens - Geum urbanum

Take Care.

Wednesday 22 July

Damp morning - we went on to the pond field - this is still sadly lacking water, muddy but no pond.

Greater Plantain

Bulrush
Hop Sedge
Chicken of the Wood in Burgh Wood
This grew here last year.
Touch Me Not Balsam plenty in Burgh Wood - This is our own native balsam.
Quite a few large patches of it, good to see it spreading.

Cultivated Oats