Sunday 25 January

Damp again

Dry Bones pit shaft

Some of the remains at Dry Bones Cottage

Looking toward the River Yarrow this path leads to the area known as the Horseshoe of the Yarrow.

Red Campion - Silene dioica empty seed heads

 Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis

 Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia empty seed heads

Wood Mouse very scared, it was soon running the other way, I love the big eyes and ears.

Take Care

Sunday 19 August

Dry morning

 Ivy - Hedera helix budding up ready to berry for the winter months - the birds benefit from them

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia - already gone over

Take Care

Sunday 1 April

Colder this morning

 Ash - Fraxinus excelsior

 Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus

 Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster horizontalis

 Fungi

 Horse Chestnut Sapling - Aesculus hippocastanum

 Hoverfly

 Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Meg

 Meg in the river

 Sycamore

 Wood Pigeon

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia

Take Care

Monday 25 July

Dry Morning and we wandered about after first looking around Dry Bones.

 Broad Leaved Dock - Rumex obtusifolius

 Curled Dock - Rumex crispus

 Elecampane - Inula helenium

 Elecampane - Inula helenium

 Elecampane - Inula helenium

 Fat Hen - Chenopodium album

 Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum

 Slime Mould - Tubifera ferruginosa all the colour has gone and it is hardly noticeable.

 Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia

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.

Sunday 29 May

Damp Morning - We ambled about on our own.

 Apple - Malus pumila

 Bee on Rhododendron possibly Bombus lucorum.

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa

 Dactylorhiza x grandis - Hybrid Orchids we counted over 50.

 Dry Bones Cottage Area not a lot left.

 Fungi

 Hemlock Water Dropwort - Oenanthe crocata

 Hemlock Water Dropwort - Oenanthe crocata

 Pineappleweed - Matricaria discoidea

 Raspberry Buds - Rubus idaeus

 Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

 Wood Avens Seed Head - Geum urbanum

 Wood Sage Leaves - Teucrium scorodonia

Zigzag Clover - Trifolium medium

Take Care.