Friday 4 July

Good day for a walk

 Curled Dock - Rumex crispus

 Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

 Slender St John's-wort - Hypericum pulchrum

 Amber Snail

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Take Care

Monday 30 June

Sunny day

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Cinnabar Catapillars

 Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas

 Still waiting for the Corn-cockle - Agrostemma githago to flower

 Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus

 Gatekeeper

 Goat's Rue - Galega officinalis

Leaf & tendrils Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Red Bartsia - Odontites vernus

 Scarlet Pimpernel - Anagallis arvensis

 Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

White version of Red Clover - Trifolium pratense, not a rarity but have to say it's the first time I have come across it, we get red, zig zag, alsike & white on the meadow this just stood out - it made the white clover look like it needed a persil wash.

Take Care

Monday 23 July

Dry

 Beech - Fagus sylvatica

 Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

Wild Angelica - Angelica sylvestris

Take Care

Thursday 5 July

Damp

Christ Church - Charnock Richard

Christ Church - Charnock Richard

Cygnet

Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

Yew - Taxus baccata

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

Tuesday 26 July

Lovely morning to wander about.

Big Lodge

 Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

Haven't the Cygnets grown.

Fungi on the Rucks.

 Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum

 Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus

Day flying Moth on the Rucks

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris - this is usually ground hugging, yet this one was over a foot tall, you just can't say how plants are going to grow.

Take Care.

Monday 20 June

Dry Morning.

 Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

 Self Heal Flower- Prunella vulgaris

 Self Heal Stem - Prunella vulgaris

 Tormentil Leaves - Potentilla erecta

Tormentil - Potentilla erecta

Take Care.