Monday 2 May

Back Home and it's dry here.

 Columbine Buds - Aquilegia vulgaris - this plant has never been allowed to flower - the men with the strimmers cut it down last year before we got chance to see what colour it is, maybe this year?

 Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

 Blue SLU is on the Big Lodge most days.

Seems very interested in Lucy.

Tadpoles in the Top Lodge.

Take Care.

Sunday 1 May

Sunny again at Knott End.

Red Legged Partridge wandering round the site.

 Dandelion Fasciation

Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

Take Care.

Saturday 30 April

Knott End the beach early morning, miles of it to ourselves.

 Arnold & Meg

 Thought this might be the Wheatear we saw on the wall but it was so far away and I am no birder.

 Common cockle - Cerastoderma edule

 Common Mallow Leaves - Malva Sylvestris

 Common Mussel - Mytilus edulis

 Large piece of driftwood - it would have looked good in the garden.

 Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale

 Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale

 Japanese Rose - Rosa rugosa

 Japanese Rose - Rosa rugosa with earwig 

 Knotted Wrack - Ascophyllum nodosum

 Meg stalking the Crocodile Driftwood.

 I actually got an ID for this shell but I have left the notes at Knott End - will have to wait till our next visit.

 Spiral  Wrack - Fucus spiralis

 Thrift - Armeria maritima

 Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Welsh Poppy Seed Head - Meconopsis cambrica

Take Care.

Friday 29 April

Back at Knott End - these were all taken on the sea wall.

 Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus corniculatus

 Chives - Allium schoenoprasum

 Common Vetch - Vicia sativa

Wild Radish - Raphanus raphanistrum

Kite Flyers on the beach.

Take Care.

Thursday 28 April

Cool again a bit of frost during the night.

 Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris

 Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris

Silverweed Leaves - Potentilla anserina

Take Care

Wednesday 27 April

Mild & Dry.

Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna

Take Care.

Tuesday 26 April

Dry again

 Burnet Rose - Rosa spinosissima

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Common Bistort  - Persicaria bistorta

 Duck Egg

 Duck Egg

 Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

 Welsh Poppy Bud - Meconopsis cambrica

Wilson's Honeysuckle - Lonicera nitida

Take Care.

Monday 25 April

Beautiful Morning for a walk.

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff only got the two photos and believe me it took 4 of us to pin point it.

Fungi on Primrose Hill.

 Hairless Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla glabra

Red Clover - Trifolium pratense

Take Care.

Sunday 24 April

Dry again

 Ash - Fraxinus excelsior

Bluebells in Burgh Wood

Canada Geese

 Common Sorrel - Rumex acetosa

Coot 

 Cow Parsley - Anthriscus sylvestris

 Crack Willow - Salix fragilis

Insect on Bluebell

Fly on Holly

 Foxglove Leaves - Digitalis purpurea

 Greater Plantain Leaves - Plantago major

 Hawthorn Buds - Crataegus monogyna

 Hogweed Leaves - Heracleum sphondylium

 Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Ladybird on Oak

 Lesser Burdock Leaves - Arctium minus

 Moschatel - Adoxa moschatellina

 Moschatel - Adoxa moschatellina

 Oak - Quercus

Speckled Wood

Take Care.