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Yorkshire - Bolton Abbey/Strid Wood
Posted 05-08-2008 at 09:52 AM by leifus
Much better weather today! - even some sunshine! Last night's rain meant that the river was close to flooding.
Lots of interesting woodland flowers on show including giant and nettle-leaved bellflowers, enchanter's nightshade, welsh poppy, wall lettuce and small teasel. By the river and adjoining streams I found water and corn mints, wild angelica, common valerian, yellow loosestrife, water-cress, water forget-me-nots, crosswort and a few monkeyflowers. In the meadows harebells were the "main attraction", but also betony, eyebright, burnet saxifrage, common restharrow, great burnet and meadow crane's-bill.
Unfortunately it wasn't hot enough for butterflies but I managed a couple of small skippers and some green-veined whites.
A couple of grey wagtails were patrolling up and down the river while the sand martins swooped around us, snapping up insects.
Lots of interesting woodland flowers on show including giant and nettle-leaved bellflowers, enchanter's nightshade, welsh poppy, wall lettuce and small teasel. By the river and adjoining streams I found water and corn mints, wild angelica, common valerian, yellow loosestrife, water-cress, water forget-me-nots, crosswort and a few monkeyflowers. In the meadows harebells were the "main attraction", but also betony, eyebright, burnet saxifrage, common restharrow, great burnet and meadow crane's-bill.
Unfortunately it wasn't hot enough for butterflies but I managed a couple of small skippers and some green-veined whites.
A couple of grey wagtails were patrolling up and down the river while the sand martins swooped around us, snapping up insects.
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