Sunday 8 July

Dry

 Common Knapweed  - Centaurea nigra

 Creeping Thistle - Circium arvense

 Himalayan Balsam - Impatiens glandulifera

 Swan Family

Timothy - Phleum pratense

Take Care

Friday 29 June

Damp again

 Field Rose - Rosa arvensis

Skipper

White form of Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

Take Care

Monday 28 May

Dry Morning

 Brooklime - Veronica beccabunga

 Common Vetch - Vicia sativa

 Cut-leaved Cranesbill - Geranium dissectum

 Germander Speedwell - Veronica chamaedrys

 Ragged Robin - Silene flos-cuculi

 Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata

 Shepherd's Purse - Capsella bursa-pastoris

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Take Care

Tuesday 8 May

Damp Morning

 Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris

 Jelly Ear - Auricularia auricula-judae

 Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

Hybrid Goose - Canada x Greylag Goose

Take Care

Tuesday 1 May

Dry Morning

 These cows have made their way down a very steep slope to the river

 I think they are convinced they are mountain goats.

 Meadow Flowers

 Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata

 Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

 Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum

 Taking shape

 Ready to attach to the shaft

Take Care

Monday 11 July

On our own so we ambled about - it was dry and warm in the valley.

Bramble - Rubus fruticosus

Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

 Not a pretty sight but nature has to be seen in all it's facets - we think a crow...

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia

 Speckled Wood a bit worn - by the old cottage ruins at Dry Bones.

Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium

Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Meadow Brown lots about on Primrose Hill.

Figwort Sawfly - Tenthredo scrophulariae

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Red Bartsia - Odontites verna

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Mugwort in Bud - Artemisia vulgaris

Yellow Iris Seed Pods - Iris pseudacorus

Take Care.

Thursday 16 June

Dry morning - 

 Crested Dog's-tail   - Cynosurus cristatus

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Himalayan Balsam - Impatiens glandulifera

 Peacock Caterpillars

 Perennial Rye-grass - Lolium perenne

 Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

 Swan (Billy) doing his sentry duty on the Top Lodge

Yorkshire Fog - Holcus lanatus

Take Care.