Saturday 6 July

Weather still good at the coast.

Some of the flowers that are thriving on the sea wall, it amazes me what turns up.

 Biting Stonecrop - Sedum acre

 Large Flowered Evening Primrose - Oenothera glazioviana

 Shepherd's Purse - Capsella bursa-pastoris

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Take Care

Monday 25 June

Dry Morning

 Biting Stonecrop - Sedum acre 

 Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

 Common Restharrow - Ononis repens

Red Valerian - Centranthus ruber

Take Care

Friday 22 July

Knott End on Sea again.

 Biting Stonecrop - Sedum acre

 Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera

 Cinnabar Caterpillars on Ragwort

 Garden Speedwell - Veronica longifolia

 Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina

 Small Tortoiseshell

Soapwort - Saponaria officinallis

Take Care.

Friday 15 July

Today is a mixed bag of goodies.

Dry this morning we had a good walk around the woods.

 The Gate to Primrose Hill

 Smaller Cat's-tail - Phleum bertolonii

We met Sue and the Tribe and it's been a long time since we had some photos of them

 Toots leading with Teddy & Billy probably saying we give up you can have the ball.

 Billy & Teddy 

 Toots & Billy

Billy

 No She is not one of the tribe, well I suppose she is as this is Sally and belong's to one of Sue's Son's. I have been meaning to put these photos that Sue sent me on the blog for a while - 

Sally is a Collie x Springer Spaniel, that is a lively mix.

We were back in Knot End later in the day.

Hare's-foot Clover - Trifolium arvense this is all over the sea wall.

Hare's-foot Clover - Trifolium arvense

Cinnabar Caterpillar not many about this year.

Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina only the one plant.

Weld - Reseda luteola gone to seed.

White Stonecrop - Sedum album

Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis

Common Restharrow - Ononis repens

Canadian Goldenrod - Solidago canadensis

One of the local farmer's who was trying to get his hay in said that he hoped to get it in today as it was going to be bad weather tonight.

He was right the rain was torrential

Take Care

Wednesday 18 August

Sunny day at Knott End.

Bumble Bee on the Garden Speedwell, she was warming herself ready for another busy day.

Cinnabar Caterpillar, we keep finding odd ones on the ragwort, last year we found lots on each plant.

English Stonecrop - Sedum anglicum

English Stonecrop - Sedum anglicum

Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis

Perennial Sunflower - Helianthus x laetiflorus

Perennial Sunflower - Helianthus x laetiflorus - one single plant in the rough grass at the side of the sea wall.

Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus - I never tire of looking at plants and they are much easier to photograph.

Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

 Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

This was a survey boat, it was sweeping the bay.

Take Care.

Monday 2 August

All taken from the wall at Knott End on Sea.

Chives - Allium schoenoprasum

Cinnabar Caterpillar

Common Blue lots about.

Common Comfrey - Symphytum officinale

Common Field Speedwell - Veronica persica

Common Polypody - Polypodium vulgare

English Stonecrop - Sedum anglicum

Knott End

Looking toward Heysham.

Rose Hips

Fleetwood across the Wyre Estuary.

Morecambe Bay Wind Farm.

Knott End

Wild Carrot Seed Head - Daucus carota

Take Care.