Friday 26 July

Sunny day 

Saddleback pig they have not been out for a while

River Yarrow near Dry Bones

Skipper Butterfly

After dinner out we called at Chorley Cemetery

The new ponds have come on a treat

Arrowhead  - Sagittaria sagittifolia

Flowering Rush - Butomus umbellatus

Greater Spearwort - Ranunculus lingua

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

Water Mint - Mentha aquatica

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

Friday 29 June

Damp again

 Field Rose - Rosa arvensis

Skipper

White form of Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

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.

Monday 27 June

Dry hot morning.

 New path and old channel near the weir.

 Weir & Fishladder

 Path behind the weir.

 Drybones Cottage Outbuildings

 Drybones Old Toilet

 Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis

 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea leaning against the tree.

 Enchanter's Nightshade - Circaea lutetiana

 Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

 Peacock Caterpillars they are growing but not many about.

 White Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

 Small Skipper

 Speckled Wood

Water Forgetmenot -  Myosotis scorpioides

Take Care.

Friday 3 June

Dry & very warm, wish we had left the coats at home.

 Coot with 7 babes

Looks like they are sun bathing.

 Honeysuckle  - Lonicera periclymenum

 Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina this is growing in a garden 

 Nipplewort - Lapsana communis

 Picnic playground a long way from finished.

 Small Skipper

 Swan Family

This is not algae but masses of tadpoles.

Small video of the young coots

Take Care.