It's been warm down in Barcelona but great witnessing and enjoying aerial manoevres by ALPINE SWIFTS coming down to skim the boating lake for water and listening to the loud shrills from the local PARAKEETS on the Rambles, but certainly little on the SPANISH SPARROWS..
A cropped photo showing our Westmorlandii back in 23rd July 2014
Shows a close up of the flower section.
Now confirmed to be an Epipactis phyllanthese var: unknown but possibly confusa
Incredible find to be so high up on Hutton Roof (lots more photos and info from the link which is shown below)
But great to get back into the reigns of English Nature with more studies on the WESTMORLANDII Orchid which after all has only turned out to be some really really SPECIAL PLANT eg: The species is without doubt from the taxon Epipactis phyllanthes (Green Flowered Orchid) and although the variant cannot be 100% confirmed as yet, it is on good authority that is is thought to be from the "CONFUSA" family. If you want to see the early photos from 2014 and the more recent photos from 2019 and all the history and lively discussion to this please check out at my blog by clicking over the following link:
Our Swifts have all but gone! and our Swallows are now getting very agitated and forming groups and settling on the local telegraph wires, with some already starting to make their long southbound journies. I have had reports from Robert (Kendal) to say he has had a WHINCHAT present at the top of Burton Fell on 13th August 2019. On the same day he also had two WHEATEAR in the deforested area of upper Dalton Crags, Stonechats present, Wall and Painted Ladies butterflies still present.......
Yesterday (15th August 2019) I decided to go towards Newbiggin and Farleton and check on our AUTUMN GENTIANS. What gentians you may ask! I never found one specimen. I know it is rather early for ours we dont get much as a rule prior to early September, but thought maybe the odd rosette! but it can never be a disaster there is always something about, so I bobbed along and decided to check on the rare hybrid Intermediate Enchanters Nightshade which you will see from the photos has had a great year. Also the caterpillars have too!!
All 4 photos here show rare hybrid Intermediate Enchanters Nightshade
Photo: 15th August 2019 - Farleton Knott
All 4 photos here show rare hybrid Intermediate Enchanters Nightshade
Photo: 15th August 2019 - Farleton Knott
All 4 photos here show rare hybrid Intermediate Enchanters Nightshade
Photo: 15th August 2019 - Farleton Knott
All 4 photos here show rare hybrid Intermediate Enchanters Nightshade
Photo: 15th August 2019 - Farleton Knott
Birds again were quiet but still had a couple of Willow Warblers calling their contacts, also had some large finch parties of a 50, a 20 and a 6, but all occasions too far away to be able to differentiate whether they were Linnet or Goldfinch. Startled a Partridge or should I say he startled me and skirted off a few yards to the East. Raven honking.....
Not really a butterfly day today, but still the odd ones about which included even more Painted Lady x3, Grayling x1, and a lovely Wall Brown at the Turtle Stone.
Limestone Bedstraw, Squinancywort, Thyme Leaved Sandwort, Spring Sandwort, Wild Thyme.
Birds again were quiet but still had a couple of Willow Warblers calling their contacts, also had some large finch parties of a 50, a 20 and a 6, but all occasions too far away to be able to differentiate whether they were Linnet or Goldfinch. Startled a Partridge or should I say he startled me and skirted off a few yards to the East. Raven honking.....
Not really a butterfly day today, but still the odd ones about which included even more Painted Lady x3, Grayling x1, and a lovely Wall Brown at the Turtle Stone.
Limestone Bedstraw, Squinancywort, Thyme Leaved Sandwort, Spring Sandwort, Wild Thyme.
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