Tuesday 12 July

Dry morning.

Wild Angelica Bud - Angelica sylvestris

Wild Angelica Leaves - Angelica sylvestris

Wild Angelica - Angelica sylvestris

2 Spot Ladybird

Common Chickweed - Stellaria media

 

Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum

Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum

Creeping Jenny - Lysimachia nummularia

Smooth Hawk's-beard - Crepis capillaris

Smooth Hawk's-beard - Crepis capillaris

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 10 July

Damp morning, the grass was wet through.

 Timothy Grass - Phleum pratense

The Tadpoles are out off the water and we find ourselves trying to avoid stepping on the tiny things.

This one was a Toadlet.

The Froglets are a bit more energetic and I cannot persuade them to pose.

Take Care.

Saturday 9 July

On our own so we wandered on to the Lower Burgh Meadow.

 Alsike Clover - Trifolium hybridum small patch just going over.

 Alsike Clover - Trifolium hybridum

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine this patch had about 7 plants last year, they are here but look like the strimmers have done a bit of cutting down, unfortunately they are near to the paths edge.

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine

 Broad Leaved Helleborine - Epipactus helleborine

Common Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea 

 Fungi

 Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium this one is part of an hedge in the village, the scent always reminds me of my childhood, it was always a popular hedge. Wild Privit does grow round here but I have not seen it flower yet.

 Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium

 Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

 Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria not a lot on the meadow I expected it to spread but it seems to be less this year.

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Square-stalked St John's-wort - Hypericum tetrapterum there's plenty of St John's-wort about but not square stalked and yes this is also next to the path, I have yet to see this flower.

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

 Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissima

Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum finally in flower

Take Care.