Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Autumn Gentian - 31st August 2011

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Autumn Gentian (31st August 2011) You’ve lost the flower since last seen, Though more white flowers are on show today, And you still...
Friday, 26 August 2011

Gud Morning Mi Lady- Tresses (26th Aug 2011)

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Gud Morning Mi Lady…..Tresses (26th Aug 2011) Everybody says the same thing! When I show them the Autumn Lady’s Tresses.. “Well we w...
Thursday, 25 August 2011

Hutton Roof - Wryneck & Autumn Gentian (25th Aug 2011)

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I suppose a big incentive today was the recent reports I had earlier in the week of a definate Wryneck sighting, and a possible Icterine W...
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

St Thomas Church, Milnthorpe (23rd August 2011)

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What a lovely day it was yesterday whilst in Milnthorpe. The sun was shining down, and I was sat on the benches besides the green. Taking...
Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Helm Crag - Grasmere - 17th August 2011

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“Lion and the Lamb” - Helm Crag. Up there so grand, you lie and watch, Sentinel, paired eternal friends. Like guardians to this fai...
Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Many A Swallow leaves our Shore (16th August 2011)

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It’s a few days now since the Swifts left, Well most of them that is, odd ones still to go, But go they will, just like the Swallows a...
Friday, 29 July 2011

Travellers Joy (27th July 2011)

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Travellers Joy (27th July 2011) Old man’s beard, white and spiky, Lengthening, creeping, along the gryke, Like arteries or veins, stretchin...
Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Scotch Argus (25th July 2011)

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Scotch Argus (25th July 2011) In the glade, on the Knott, is where I saw you last, This very spot as where you are today, Dancing and flitt...
Saturday, 23 July 2011

Squinancywort (22nd July 2011)

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Squinancywort (22nd July 2011) On Dalton Crags I looked for thee - Squinancywort, Where all short grass exposed, I searched but not in sigh...
Thursday, 21 July 2011

Sandside's Sand Leek (20th July 2011)

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Sandside's Sandleek (20th July 2011) Sandside’s Sandleek stands so tall, Same as last year four to call, Purply, bulbous, plant so rare,...
Friday, 15 July 2011

Albino "Wild Thyme" (15th July 2011)

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Albino Wild Thyme (15th July 2011) Time waits for no-man, so they say, I have searched these limestone ledges for many a day, And here toda...
Wednesday, 13 July 2011

A Orchid Feast or a Orchid Famine (12th July 2011)

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A Orchid Feast or a Orchid Famine. (12th July 2011) Last year a million smiling faces shone there on that spot, All where different, I coul...
Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Dark Green versus High Brown Fritillary

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I like many others used to find it very difficult to distinguish between the two butterflies, but now after lots of practice it is not so ba...
Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Marsh Helliborine (6th July 2011)

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Marsh Helliborine ( 6th July 2011) Methodically counted One thousand and Fifty flowering spikes, And more to come, last year it was Six hund...