11 May 2024

Had a walk in the sunshine this morning.  Lots of birdsong, with most of the summer migrants now arrived.  Blackcaps can be heard all over the course with plenty of Whitethroats as well in the scrub.  It was nice to see and hear a pair of Garden Warblers in the same place as the last couple of years on the right of the 13th Red.

Chaffinch [3rd Blue]

Garden Warbler [13th Red]

I also came across this Greater Celandine growing near the 1st Red.  It is actually a member of the Poppy family and can be found in a few places around the estate, usually close to gardens.

Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus [1st Red]

23 May 2021

 

Had a walk around the Green and Red this morning in a bit of rare sunshine.  I couldn't see much unusual bird-wise but there were quite a few nice flowers, particularly in the fen on the 16th.  

Ragged Robin grows in marshy conditions and has a unique flower with thin branching petals.  As well as the 16th Red, you can also see this in the hazard on the 9th Blue.

Ragged Robin Lynchis flos-cuculi [16th Red]

Nearby is the green-flowered Common Gromwell.

Common Gromwell Lithospermum officinale [16th Red]

On drier grassy areas, Birds-foot trefoil is starting to flower,  this one was on the 15th Red.

Bird's-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus [15th Red]

Greater Celandine is actually a type of poppy and is unrelated to Lesser Celandine.  This one was on the 5th on the Yellow.

Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus) [5th Yellow]

This Coal Tit was feeding a young bird on the left of the 3rd Red.  It is impressive how it manages to catch multiple caterpillars in its beak with nowhere else to store them.

Coal Tit [3rd Red]

Hedge Sparrow [5th Red]