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Originally Posted by Bub-les  Excellent photos and list. You are fortunate to have such a diverse range of plants. Quite a few of those do not grow at all over here.
Knowing what you're looking at always helps my enjoyment of a walk too.
What's the next step? insects... fungi... ?
Barbara |
Hi Barbara,
Yes, I am pretty lucky living here. But it's a very chalky area, so while I've a good chance of seeing flowers that specialise in that type of environment there's a lot of plants that I'm never going to see locally. I'm sure you have plenty of flowers on the Isle of Man that I don't get in this part of England.
As for your question about insects and fungi, I do take photos of butterflies and moths that I see (lots of Ringlets, Marbled Whites and Meadow Browns yesterday, plus a Chimney Sweeper moth that was identified for me here on WAB). I recognise some of the common butterflies but don't really know the moths at all, though I would like to learn about them at some stage. As for fungi, NickCantle has tried to persuade me to look at those - and I have found some Chicken of the Woods recently! Again, I would like to learn about fungi sometime.
All these things certainly add to the pleasure of walking. The problem is time - I take so many photographs now, my walks are taking longer and longer. A distance I could cover in four hours is now taking nearer five! So perhaps I'll start to look at fungi on my walks in the autumn, when there are fewer flowers about.
Pete