Suzannek

Woo loving all the photos they're fabulous. My photos are Birds Foot Trefoil; Lesser Yellow Trefoil; Yellow Rattle plant getting ready for the pods to disperse seeds; Whitlow Grass I think although am open to being corrected, tiny white flowers with four petals smaller than stitchwort;

Thought I'd share these photos of the Foxgloves I took today down the woods.. Suz x

The nymphs of dragon flies and damsel flies are pretty ferocious also they'll attack anything

Only a few photos of my favourite woods, Herb Robert, the flower of the month here as they're all over the place, them and Meadow Cranesbill (one of the wild geraniums native to the UK)

We get the Grey Partridges here, love to see them, great photos

So sad, my thoughts and wishes with his family and friends Suz x

Sorry it looks the same as the ones we have down the woods, my mistake. The other one is a common blue though isn't it? I know more about wildflowers than butterflies Suz x

Cool. The blue Spring Gentian grows in the Burren in Ireland, here in Teesdale and no where else in the UK or Ireland. They've grown here in Teesdale since the last ice age. Suz x

Do you get blue Spring Gentians growing there Tattoo Dave? Suz x

We get Gatekeeper butterflies yes I'll take a pic next time Suz x

We get the top and the bottom butterflies here where I live in Teesdale Here's a couple of wild plants, first one taken yesterday just in the next field it is Yellow Rattle Plant, they're a parasitic plant which feeds on grasses, they help the diversity of meadows, in other words with these plants around you can bet a field will be packed with different wildflowers. These plants have grown here as long as I can remember. The next one is Red Nettle just growing near our garden wall Suz x

Aw definitely Kell Osborne at the beginning of Quicksand Suz x

Went for another walk up Romaldkirk, Teesdale on Saturday took a few photos Loads of Cranesbill around also a pic of a Red Admiral butterfly, there was lots of bees and butterflies

A couple more photos of wildflowers from my walk last weekend: Purple Vetch and Herb Robert Suz x

It might be a locust Tattoo Dave?

Yes I heard the Cuckoo in Romaldkirk, Teesdale last weekend

Thanks yes you are right it is red campion Here's some Golden Saxifrage Alternate Leaves variety Suz x

Some more wildflower photos I took over the weekend down my favourite woods Forget Me Nots; Red Campion; Cowslips; Bugle Flower; Dog Violet; carpet of Bluebells; Wild Garlic and White Nettles with a Bumblebee on them Suz x

http://www.bsbi.org.uk/Visiting_Upper_Teesdale.pdf. One of these days I'm going to go and see these, they're only 20 minutes in the car and a walk from where I live Suz x

I went for a walk on Saturday up Romaldkirk, Upper Teesdale and took a few photos of wildflowers. They are not rare ones particularly, they are as follows Germander Speedwell, Cowslips, Dog Violet, Primrose, Forget Me Nots, Water Avens and Bugle flower

Steve Teesdale where I live is the only place in England where the Arctic whorl snail lives, it lives in the Highlands of Scotland also. The upper parts are sub Arctic. Suz x

Went down my favourite woods today for a walk, the yellows and white wildflowers are being replaced by the blues, purples and pinks . A pretty shy violet and the first bluebells coming through Still carpets of white stitchwort about though, oh and a lovely patch of cowslips and blue forget me nots by the beck Suz x

I've never seen a tawny owl chick in daylight like that, ive nearly once been attacked by a long eared owl which had chicks nearby. She swooped down on me n me sister, beautiful Suz x

We get dunnocks here, they're like big sparrows they come n feed on the mealworms I sprinkle on the ground n compete with the blackbirds and our chickens for them Suz x

Milk Maid one of my favourite pretty wildflowers, loads around in Teesdale along with the delicate hedge side white stitchwort