Lisa Chadwick and Hugh have run this Monday to Friday Course for may years at Scargill House - but this is the first year after a three year break due to Covid.
We had really hot sunny weather today - Tuesday 13 June
Here are some pictures:
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| Look the Hawthorn is in full flower . |
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| Standing on a bridge |
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| Leaning over the rail of the middle bridge looking at a dragon/damselfly |
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| Marsh Lousewort |
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| A while orchid - possibly D incarnata?? |
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This is a hybrid Dactylorhiza - maybe D purpurella and D majalis (Northern Marsh Orchid x Broad leaved Marsh Orchid) or it might have some D fuchsii (Common spotted) in it.
Either way what interested me was the Rust fungus on the leaves.
It is probably Arum rust: Puccinia sessilis |
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| I have a similar photo of myself taken ... years ago (I'm not going to say how many years ago - I must have been about 12 then) .. See in the photo below the trees have been felled and young larch trees/ conifers, are now starting to grow. When I worked at the Feild Centre we used to tell the students "The larch trees are a nursery crop and will be removed in due course to let the hardwoods grow." and indeed they were |
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| The group walk beside the Tarn |
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| The group walk beside the Tarn |
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| Another photo of Hawthorn in full bloom on 13 June. |
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| I try out the folding chair. |
I hope the group enjoy the rest of their stay.
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