Green Veined White (Piers napi)



Silver Washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

&
White Admiral
&
Purple Emperor

Tag CloudSilverWashedFritillary, GreenVeinedWhite

Silver Studded Blue & Predator (Plebejus argus)

Tag CloudSilverStuddedBlue

Six Spot Burnet



Hare's Foot Clover (Trifolium pratense)





Mignonette (Reseda odorata)







Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)



Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)







Spanish Catchfly (Silene otites)



Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus)

Tag CloudSpanishCatchfly, RedBartsia, SmallSkipper, MuskMallow, WildMignonette

Common Arrowhead (Saggitaria sagittifolia)



Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerurm)







Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)



Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)



Eristalsis Sp?

Tag CloudCommonBlueDamselfly, Blue-tailedDamselfly, BandedDemoiselle, Hoverfly, EristalsisSp, Arrowhead

Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)



Dark green Fritiallary (Argynnis aglaja)





Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)

Tag CloudLandscape, CommonSpottedOrchid, DarkGreenFritillary, MarbledWhite

Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)













Silver Studded Blue (Plebejus argus)





Cross Leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)





Heliophilus pendulus (Male)



Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)





White Beaked Sedge (Rynchospora alba)









Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia)

Tag CloudCommonBlue, WhiteBeakedSedge, BogAsphodel, Oblong-leavedSundew, Heliophiluspendulus, BellHeather, Hoverfly

Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)



Yarrow (Alchillea millefolium)









Wild Carrot (Daucus carotta)

Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)



Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)



Yellow Wort (Blackstonia perfoliata)

Tag CloudLandscape, YellowWort, Viper'sBugloss, PyramidalOrchid

Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)









Hogweed (Heracleum spondylium)











Brown Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera var atrofuscus)

Just happened to visit today and there they were on the path.

This from 2015

Tag CloudSouthernMarshOrchid, Hogweed, BrownBeeOrchid

Going over Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha)



Great Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)



Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

Tag CloudGreaterButterflyOrchid, GreaterKnapweed, SmallHeath

Betony (Stachys officinalis)



Dropwort (Filependula vulgaris)





Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)

Tag CloudBetony, Dropwort, MarbledWhite

Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii)





Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)



Common Broomrape (Orabanche minor)

Tag CloudCommonBroomrape, MarbledWhite, Golden-ringedDragonfly

Broomrape





Chalk Fragrant Orchid (Gymnodenia conopsea)





Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)



Yellow Wort (Blackstonia perfoliata0



Lady's Bedstraw (Gallium verum)







Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)







Musk Orchid (Herminium monorchis)











Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)





St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

Tag CloudMuskOrchid, PyramidalOrchid, CommonSpottedOrchid, ChalkFragrantOrchid, Mullein, StJohn'sWort

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)

Tag CloudBeeOrchid

Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)









Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)







Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)

Tag CloudBeeOrchid, PyramidalOrchid, CommonSpottedOrchid

Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandvicensis) & Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)













Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

Tag CloudLandscape , RoseateTern, SandwichTern, CommonTern

Just too windy for the Orchids in the dunes today.

Tag CloudLandscape

And of course
the
Craster Kipper
Bap

Tag CloudLandscape

Mountain Male Fern (Dryopteris oreades)





After the fifty - sixty miles and hour winds yesterday, shredded leaves found their way into many nooks and crannies.





Common Sandpiper on the river (Actitis hypoleucos)

Dipper and Grey Wagtail too.

Tag CloudLandscape, CommonSandpiper, MountainMaleFern

Guillemot (Uria aalge)



Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)



Puffin (Fratercula arctica)













Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

Tag CloudGuillemot, Shag, Puffin

Inner Farne



Looking back to Bamburgh Castle











































Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Tag CloudLandscape , ArcticTern

Razorbill (Alca torda)



Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)





Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)

Tag CloudGreySeal, Fulmar, Razorbill, Landscape

Shag (phalacrocorax aristotelis)

Tag CloudShag

Kittiwake (Rissa tridattila)

Tag CloudKittiwake, Landscape

Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Tag CloudPuffin, Landscape

Staple Island - The Farnes







































Guillemot (Uria aalge)

Tag CloudGuillemot, Landscape

Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)



Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)





White Campion (SIlene latifolia)



Knapweed Broomrape (Orobanche elatior)

Tag CloudKnapweedBroomrape, BladderCampion, WhiteCampion, MeadowVetchling

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Marsh Lousewort (Pedicularis palustris)



Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)



Blunt Flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulus)









Common Wintergreen (Pyrola minor)



Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)





Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)

























Fen Orchid (Liparis loeselii)

Tag CloudFenOrchid, RaggedRobin, BluntFloweredRush, SouthernMarshOrchid, CommonSpottedOrchid, MarshLousewort

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)



Bur Chervil (Anthriscus caucalis)





New growth on Elm (Ulmus procera)



Sand Cat's Tail ? (Phleum arenarium?)





Mouse-eared Hawkbit (Pilosella Pilosellina group)




Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)







Early Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata Sp?)

From First Nature





Ragwort (Senecio jacobea)



Sea Sandwort (Hockenya peploides)

From First Nature







Speckled Wood (Pararge algeria)



Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)



Stonecrop (Sedum acre)





Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)





Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)





Fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca)

Tag CloudCommon Blue, SpeckledWood, HeathSpeedwell, BitingStonecrop, CommonVetch, Sea Sandwort, PyramidalOrchid

Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)



Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)





Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)

Tag CloudLandscape, MarbledWhite, DarkGreenFritillary, CommonSpottedOrchid

Guillemot (Uria aalge)



























Razorbill (Alca torda)

Tag CloudLandscape, Guillemot, Razorbill

Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)







Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Tag CloudLandscape, Kittiwake, Puffin

Gannet (Morus bassanus)

Tag CloudLandscape , Gannet

Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Raw material for a winter sock attached to his leg.
I was too slow for the youngster that was with him/her.

The plaintive cry of the Curlew rang throughout this valley.
The piping calls of Oystercatcher.
The strange point calls of Red Grouse to their young.
Redshank
&
a pair of
Short Eared Owls

Tag CloudLandscape, Curlew

Mountain Everlasting (Antennaria dioica)













Heath Spotted Orchid ( Dactylorhiza maculata)









Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris)





Wild Thyme (Thymus polytrichus)



Pyrenean Scurvygrass (Cochlearia pyrenaica)





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Pansy (Viola Sp)





Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)



Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
&
Grey Wagtails







Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in the Hay Meadows

Tag CloudLandscape, Lapwing, MountainEverlasting, PiedWagtail, Dipper, WildPansy, PyreneanScurvygrass, WildThyme, Milkwort, HeathSpottedOrchid