Tuesday 17 August

Dry and a pleasant walk

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Take Care

Sunday 17 June

Damp again

Cormorant

Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare

Swan parents

Cygnets

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Take Care

Wednesday 13 June

Dry Morning

 Common Twayblade - Neottia ovata

 Double Flowered Aquiligia - Nora Barlow

 Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Cormorant

Take Care

Tuesday 29 May

Dry  Morning

 Charlock - Sinapis arvensis

 Dog Rose - Rosa canina

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Red Clover - Trifolium pratense

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

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.

Wednesday 22 June

Damp this morning - Very welcome bit of rain.

 Young Coot

 I was surprised to see that the parents still feed the youngsters, even though they seem to be able to feed themselves.

 Adventure Playground - I look forward to seeing it finished, we don't hold much hope about it staying intact, we fear it might attract more of the unruly yobs.

 Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Sunday 8 May

Showers again.

Beech - Fagus sylvatica

Coot Nest

One of the Coots that built it.

Dock Beetle Eggs

Lucy - how has she got herself into this mess at the Deer carving Channel.

Oak Apple Gall

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Take Care.

Monday 18 April

Dry again.

 Apple - Malus sp.

 Bluebells

 Hairless Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla glabra

 Hairless Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla glabra

 Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus

 Large Bittercress - Cardamine amara

 This Moorhen seems a little confused, I wondered if she realised that one of her chicks had just gone into the water.

 It was trying to climb back up.

 Mum seems totally non plus, all of a sudden another appeared from under her and yes into the water it went.

 They waited for Mum

Mum finally got into the water, the chicks trying to catch her up. 

 Ramsons - Allium ursinum

Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Take Care.