2nd June 2020 - Snippets of Wealth - Mountain Everlasting, Upland Enchanters Nightshade etc.

Primula vulgaris and Primula veris (Primrose and Cowslip)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) and Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

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

2nd June 2020:  Also today had 2 pairs of Wheatear on the Farleton side, one at the regular breeding area and a pair at a new area.  Also a lonesome Tree Pipit, several Linnet throughout, Willow Warblers. Also 4 Small Heath butterflies.

Sanicle down in the grykes, Limestone Bedstraw everywhere and just coming into flower (see photos),Spring Sandwort, checked on some old recorded Angular Solomons Seal and all is OK. Brittle Bladder Fern (see photo) 

Some of my garden for today 2nd June 2020 - see more further down...

Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting

Photo: Farleton Side on 2nd June 2020

Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting

Photo: Farleton Side on 2nd June 2020

Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting

Photo: Farleton Side on 2nd June 2020

Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting

Photo: Farleton Side on 2nd June 2020

Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting

Photo: Farleton Side on 2nd June 2020

Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting

Photo: Farleton Side on 2nd June 2020

Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting

Photo: Farleton Side on 2nd June 2020

Circaea x intermedia - Upland Enchanters Nightshade

Circaea x intermedia - Upland Enchanters Nightshade

Circaea x intermedia - Upland Enchanters Nightshade

Circaea x intermedia - Upland Enchanters Nightshade

 Galium sterneri (Limestone Bedstraw)

  Galium sterneri (Limestone Bedstraw)

  Galium sterneri (Limestone Bedstraw)

 Galium sterneri (Limestone Bedstraw)

 Digitalis - Foxglove

Cystopteris fragilis Brittle Bladder Fern

Photo from the top on the Farleton Side

 Photo from the top on the Farleton Side

 Photo from the top on the Farleton Side

 Photo from the top on the Farleton Side

 Photo from the top on the Farleton Side

 Photo from the top on the Farleton Side

Photo from the top on the Farleton Side