Jane Rock

Nature and flower lover, walker, traveller and enjoyer of my garden.

[Jane Rock @janerock37]

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!

[Jane Rock @janerock37]

@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!

[Jane Rock @janerock37]

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

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@paul_acer Looks wonderful!

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@BrennanMartine In the end I was, but at the time I wasn't sure I'd even find them again!😊

[Jane Rock @janerock37]

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!

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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

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@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!

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@Sighs_Matters Later this week. Getting into a right state with the packing at the moment as I didn't check the allowances!

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@OneLovlyGoddess Thank you! Yes, I like stunning, & not only because it caused me to lose enough consciousness that I didn't set the camera right!

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@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

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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

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@soulcow @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany Yarrow?

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@BrennanMartine @BSBIbotany @BSBI_Ireland Good find! Your fungi were clearly more obliging than mine!

[Jane Rock @janerock37]

@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.

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@NearbyWild Thank you! When it came to it, I just couldn't resist taking a picture of that fungus!

[Jane Rock @janerock37]

As I need to get on with holiday packing, I resolved today not to take any pictures on my walk!

[Jane Rock @janerock37]

@suesconsideredt @EnglishHeritage These must count as unusual places for this week's wildflowerhour challenge. I wonder if you found any flowers at either!

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@MiketheWarden @CotswoldsAONB Love seeing these old milestone signs!

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@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.

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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!