Saturday 10 July

Dry again.

Hundreds of Pollen Beetles on the dandelions.

Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

Another two dead on the footpaths.

Common Shrew

Mole

Take Care.

Friday 9 July

Raining this morning.

Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

The Carving in the community garden was to be one man & his dog, due to a fault in the wood it is now to be two owls. I will get a photo of the finished project.

Take Care.

Thurday 8 July

Dry for our walk.

Cultivated Flax - Linum usitatissimum

Cultivated Flax - Linum usitatissimum

For Sale Sign

being used for target practise

Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

Bread Wheat - Triticum aestivum

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.

Tuesday 6 July

Dry again

Apple - Malus pumila

Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

Hazel - Coryluss avellana

Marsh Woundwort - Stachys palustris

Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

Take Care.

Monday 5 July

Dry & Sunny

Swan family almost full grown.

We are all pleased that the swans have managed to have such a large family.

Tern Raft the youngsters are almost ready to fly.

Noisy white duck.

Dead Mole we usually find a few at this time of year.

Take Care.

Sunday 4 July

Dry warm morning.

Hybrid Orchids on Primrose Hill

Hybrid Orchid gone to seed on Primrose Hill

White Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Bramble - Rubus fruticosus

Broom showing seed pods - Cytisus scoparius

Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum

Honeysuckle - Lonicera periclymenum

Perennial Sow Thistle in bud - Sonchus arvensis

Red Currant fruits - Ribes rubrum

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Teasel almost in flower - Dipsacus fullonum

Yorkshire Fog - Holcus lanatus

Take Care.

Saturday 3 July

Sunny morning.

False Oat-grass - Arrhenatherum elatius

False Oat-grass Ligule - Arrhenatherum elatius

Forest Bug - Pentatoma rufipes

Himalayan Balsam - Impatiens glandulifera

Lesser Stitchwort - Stelleria graminea

Take Care.

Wednesday 30 June

Up to the Lower Burgh Meadow today, it was dry and the sun made it out in the end.

Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera

Branched Bur-reed - Sparganium erectum

Common Sedge - Carex nigra

Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus pedunculatus

Mallard & Babes

Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

Musk Mallow - Malva moschata

Narrow Leaved Water Plantain - Alisma lanceolata

Water Plantain - Alisma plantago-aquatica

Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

Swan Family

Rosebay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium

Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Viper's Bugloss - Echium vulgare

Wood Sage - Teucrium scorodonia