I've been looking for an excuse to tweet this view, having failed to include it my previous tweet for wildflowerhour. Haven't thought of one but can't resist any longer! Marsh Gentian at Bartley Heath, 13/8. I was so thrilled that I got the camera settings wrong & had to go back!
@suesconsideredt @JackieMorrisArt @RobGMacfarlane @malcolmguite Looks a wonderful combination of words & pictures representing a world I love. Well done for successful travel planning (scary?) It took me several years once to be sure of where the bus stop was at the end of our road!
Perforate St John’s wort takes 1st part of its name from the perforated appearance of its leaves. In folklore it was believed the plant could deter evil spirits, & the devil’s hatred of it was so great he tried to destroy it with a needle, hence the perforations. #wyrtwednesday
I've been looking for an excuse to tweet this view, having failed to include it my previous tweet for wildflowerhour. Haven't thought of one but can't resist any longer! Marsh Gentian at Bartley Heath, 13/8. I was so thrilled that I got the camera settings wrong & had to go back!
Highlight of a short walk in Ashford Hill Meadows this afternoon, assumed trifid bur-marigold, growing in an area that in most years would still be a pond! #wildflowerhour
@Sighs_Matters 🤣
Thank you, but sadly I shall not be able to send holiday posts. I belong to the dinosaur age & have no means of getting pictures onto twitter away from home. Hopefully, though, I shall get opportunities to catch up with other people's posts!
@DRRDsStoryhive @suesconsideredt @BSBIbotany I wonder? As far as I can ascertain Galium sp, G rotundifolium has leaves generally in whorls of 4, and they are rather rounder. 😕https://t.co/TchHYAywMg
Redshank seen in masses by the track edge as I entered Grovely Wood (near Great Wishford) yesterday, a sweet violet (I think) in an open area within it, and squinancywort seen on downland just after I exited. #wildflowerhour
@OrchidCatherine It looks like a female silver washed fritillary, though I have done only as you have, using google. I have also looked up other fritillaries likely to be found in the region & it doesn't appear to match any of those.
@suesconsideredt @EnglishHeritage These must count as unusual places for this week's wildflowerhour challenge. I wonder if you found any flowers at either!
@ing_tn21 Thank you, and you won't be surprised to know that I was! Bees, butterflies & other insects were conspicuous everywhere, and it was so lovely to just enjoy the whole.
I love the 3d feeling of the first of these pictures, taken yesterday at The Holies, Streatley. I could have stayed a long time! ...And a lovely view across the Goring Gap later as I was leaving and the sun briefly appeared!