Species lists

On the first weekend of June, we surveyed flowers in the Ugborough burial ground and Moorhaven cemetery. There was a considerably wider range at Moorhaven, as the hedges, oak tree, wall and gravel path provide a series of micro-habitats appealing to different species. At Ugborough on 6th June 2021: bindweed sp. hedge bedstraw bracken hogweed…

A short post about violets

There are four violets to look out for in spring. Here’s how to tell them apart Sweet violets, in purple or white, have rounded rather than pointed sepals, and coarser leaves than dog violets. They tend to grow in large clumps, flowering as early as January or February onwards. They are sweetly scented – think…

Tinycards are part of the Duolingo language learning system. Lucy told me you can make your own sets so I made some for learning wildflowers. I have added 200+ flowers from this blog so if you know anyone who wants to learn the names of flowers, or if you would like to test your own…

Night of the May Bugs

Sitting in a quiet kitchen, wondering what is clattering around outside. Opened the door to find cockchafers flapping around everywhere. The one on the top right was very reluctant to get off my shoe. Funny how they all emerge at once.

Snow

Looking further afield, found dog’s mercury, burnet saxifrage, hogweed, gorse and common comfrey already in flower