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 2 July

Damp morning

 Fox-and-cubs - Pilosella aurantiaca

 Fungi for ID

 We call this little one Henry - he's a bit of a mixture but still a Mallard

Slender St John's-wort - Hypericum pulchrum

Take Care

Saturday 9 July

On our own so we wandered on to the Lower Burgh Meadow.

 Alsike Clover - Trifolium hybridum small patch just going over.

 Alsike Clover - Trifolium hybridum

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine this patch had about 7 plants last year, they are here but look like the strimmers have done a bit of cutting down, unfortunately they are near to the paths edge.

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine

Common Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea 

 Fungi

 Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium this one is part of an hedge in the village, the scent always reminds me of my childhood, it was always a popular hedge. Wild Privit does grow round here but I have not seen it flower yet.

 Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium

 Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

 Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria not a lot on the meadow I expected it to spread but it seems to be less this year.

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Square-stalked St John's-wort - Hypericum tetrapterum there's plenty of St John's-wort about but not square stalked and yes this is also next to the path, I have yet to see this flower.

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum finally in flower

Take Care.

Wednesday 29 June

Dry morning for our walk over the Lower Burgh Meadow, it was alive with colour.

Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera  - Managed to find another plant but the one with buds on has vanished completely, hope it has just been eaten by slugs.

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Not really a fly person but these just made me look twice - all sun bathing in the same direction and angle.

Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Musk Mallow - Malva moschata

Perforate St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum

Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

Red Bartsia - Odontites verna

Six Spot Burnet Moth

Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum

Take Care