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

Sunday 18 September

Damp morning.

 Fungi

 Fungi

 Fungi

 Mock-orange - Philadelphus coronarius

 The sun has finally come out and is drying the fences out.

 Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna

 Deer carving

 Orchid in seed

 I took this photo on the Primrose Hill side of Spring Wood - the Roe Deer from Friday's blog must have been stood around this spot, no sign of them today. 

 Weird and wonderful shapes that trees take.

 Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

 Steps at the Weir viewing platform.

 The weir certainly speeds the river up.

Locked Gate at the weir.

The very well used village hall.

Take Care.

Friday 19 August

Dry again - 

 Bogbean - Menyanthes trifoliata

 Canadian Fleabane - Conyza canadensis

 Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

 Fringed Water-lily - Nymphoides peltata

 Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Sneezewort - Achillea ptarmica

 Sneezewort - Achillea ptarmica

 Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

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.

Wednesday 7 July

Dry & Mild

Wild Cherry - Prunus avium

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

Dotted Loosestrife - Lysimachia puntacta

Dogwood - Cornus sanquinea

Darwin's Barberry - Berberis darwinii

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Butterbur - Petasites hybridus with my 5x3 inch pad for scale.

Take Care.