Thursday 21 May 2020

20th May 2020 - Snippets of Wealth - Epipactis on Hutton Roof/Limestone Bedstraw/ Common Mouse Ear




"snippets of wealth"
diaries....(see below)


Primula vulgaris and Primula veris (Primrose and Cowslip)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) and Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Snippets of Wealth from 9th April 2020 to
Northern Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe o. leucorrhoa)
Rb Fotoman Close Up photos
Fieldfare numbers of Wintering Birds almost non existent Sth Cumbria
2020 Visible Spring Bird Migration Counts at Burton In Kendal
 Dryopteris sub-montana (Rigid Buckler Fern) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria
 Polygonatum odoratum (Angular Solomons Seal) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria.
Starlings
A Beech Mast Year
Chaffinch - large numbers overwintering/high beech mast yields 
Crossbills (chicks in late December etc)
Holly Ferns on Hutton Roof and how they are fairing
2019 a exceptional year for the berries
A very special Orchid - A branched Epipactis atrorubens
Redwing at roost (Birdy Brow-Kemple End) 
Linnets - Extroadinary High numbers
2019 Visible Migration Bird Counts at Burton In Kendal


 20th May 2020 - Epipactis etc

Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse Ear)
Photo: 20th May 2020

Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse Ear)
Photo: 20th May 2020

The orchid grounds today
Photo: 20th May 2020 - Hutton Roof

The orchid grounds today
Photo: 20th May 2020 - Hutton Roof

The orchid grounds today
Photo: 20th May 2020 - Hutton Roof

Galium sterneri (Limestone Bedstraw)
Photo: 20th May 2020 - Hutton Roof

 atrorubens (my first of the year) whilst on approach and next to Juniper
Photo: 20th May 2020

Nos 33b and 33c Atrorubens - bicolor
Photo: 20th May 2020 Hutton Roof

 This one I do remember it being a small (small in 2019) with very light features
and within a metre or so of 40a,40b.

 This one I do remember it being a small (small in 2019) with very light features
and within a metre or so of 40a,40b.


This just is a welcome surprise (on the left), its 15c (schmalhauseneii) which had over 60 plus flowers back in 2017 (photo on right) which was taken down by Brown Hare, Moving on and in 2018 it came through stunted
and early die-back because of the drought weather and sadly in 2019 it never even came through at all, so today is fabulous news. 

 This is one of the helleborines close to the 15s population
and would represent the average size of  most of the helleborines
Photo: 20th May 2020 - Hutton Roof