Tuesday 26 August

Back down on the lodges, still lots to see.

 Yarrow - Achillea millefolium not the usual white, this was pale pink, a cross pollination of a garden cultivar.

 Alder - Alnus glutinosa with male catkins & female fruit/cones forming

 Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus

Speckled Wood

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Friday 4 July

Good day for a walk

 Curled Dock - Rumex crispus

 Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

 Slender St John's-wort - Hypericum pulchrum

 Amber Snail

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

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Wednesday 26 February

Once again too many photos so I have split them into groups.

We always enter the Valley down Sunny Brow as it is nearest to home, we arrive home from various directions depending on which way we have walked - we never have a plan we just go with our friends and what we want to look at.

Sunny Brow Gate

Looking Back Up Sunny Brow

 Clover - Trifolium on Primrose Hill, I think it could be White.

 Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Always find some on Primrose Hill

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Tuesday 26 March

Dry and just on freezing

 Lesser Periwinkle - Vinca minor

 Lesser Periwinkle - Vinca minor

River Yarrow from Sunny Brow bridge, the large item in the river has been there a long time it is a garden roller but the type that you would use on a large field - I am sure a lot of people have tried to get it out but without a good tractor I don't think it would be possible.

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Friday 1 February

Really mild - what is happening to the weather?

Primrose Hill

 Top Lodge - the reed bed has come back to life after being flattened by the wind & snow.

River Yarrow

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Tuesday 21 August

Damp

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Dead Mole it's that time of the year - we find quite a few on the paths all are intact, a mystery as to what has happened to them.

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Wednesday 20 June

Dry Morning

 Ash - Fraxinus excelsior this is the tree we call the ugly tree as it has some sort of canker/fungal problem

 Nipplewort - Lapsana communis

 Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

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Sunday 10 June

Damp again

Dippers 2nd Brood

 7 Spot Ladybird

 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea

 Our four Cygnets they grow like weeds

 Sweet Cicely - Myrrhis odorata

 Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus

 Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

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Wednesday 7 March part 5

And now the plants

 Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta - the only one in flower at the moment in Spring Wood

 Fringe Cups - Tellima grandiflora - no sign of any buds

 Hard Fern - Blechnum spicant - only this one plant in the area, we keep looking for others.

 Hard Fern - Blechnum spicant

 Lesser Celandine  - Ficaria verna lots out now

 Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

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Tuesday 29 November

Very mild dry morning.

100s of Geese now ID as Pinkfoot going over each day.

 Meadow Buttercup - Ranunculus acris

 Lichen

Dandelion - Taraxacum

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

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Sunday 13 November

Damp this morning - we walked to Dry Bones

 This fungus was at least 10 inches across, there where three but none in one piece.

Couldn't resist this cheeky chap.

 Pixie Cup Lichen - Cladonia sp.;

 Red Campion - Silene dioica

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium

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