Snake's-head Fritillary
A long established patch of Snake's-head Fritillary growing alongside Goldilocks Buttercup in a private meadow in West Norfolk.
A long established patch of Snake's-head Fritillary growing alongside Goldilocks Buttercup in a private meadow in West Norfolk.
I went to a bit of fen that was cleared of scrub last year, and the extra light along the ditch edge has resulted in Tufted Sedges flourishing.
It was lovely to see Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem alongside the path to St Andrew's Church in Eaton, especially as last Spring it was disturbed by the cutting back of the Lime trees.
Walking along the sand dunes at Eccles-on-sea during a Norfolk Flora group meeting, Hatty spotted a violet growing amongst Sand Sedge Carex arenaria and Field wood-rush Luzula campetris.
During the Norfolk Flora Group outing to Thetford, we tried to find some different habitats within our mainly urban tetrad. We were pleased to find an arable field and there, growing along the edge were a few very neat looking dome-shaped plants about a foot high.
During my lunchtime walk around Bowthorpe Marshes, I noticed a patch of chickweed, growing in the long grass beneath some trees, along the edge of a the footpath.
We were looking out for tiny mouse-ears during the Norfolk Flora group ‘spring fling’ to the coast at Blakeney. We spotted a tiny white flower amongst a patch of Early Forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima on a patch of dry sandy grassland.
Having just left Sainsburys in the centre of Norwich, I noticed a small white 5-petalled flower poking up at the bottom of a wall, along the edge of the pavement.
Bogbean growing like a weed in a pond north of Felmingham, late April. I've never seen it growing like this before.
Abundant Water Avens extending into five hectares on an area of Marston Marshes grazed by cattle last year. These were interspersed with frequent Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) and Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis).