July on the Southwell Trail - Part 2

Similarly to previous months, I continued capturing different aspects of the Southwell Trail as part of my daily walks. These are a round up of the various subjects that caught my eye:

A meadow cranesbill:

Field scabious

Harebell

Foxglove

Mayweed

Earlier in the year I made distinction between blackthorn and damson blossom and stated I would wait to see any fruit to confirm my identification. Below is some early blackthorn sloes and then an image of what I believe to be damson fruit. The damsons are bigger more plum-like.....although now I have loaded the images this is hard to see. The damsons where quite high in the tree whereas the sloes where lower allowing me a close up shot.

Sweet pea flowers, lovely colour:

This was a new one for me. I think it is a chicory flower. Like all my identifications, I try to be as accurate as possible but mistakes can happen:

Butterfly identification is out of my comfort zone but I think this a large heath butterfly on knapweed:

Horse chestnut conker husks and the unsightly leaf blotch which seems to affect most of the local trees:

Finally a splash of autumn colour? Some red oak leaves in July:

John Lewis Building (July 2019)

Whilst in Leeds city centre I took a few shots of the new John Lewis building and arcade. It is a stunning piece of city architecture with a front elevation of sculptured stone that leans as it rises, patterned with bronze infills and aqua coloured windows. Also striking is the steel clade car park which reflects diamond shapes in the sunlight - I could have easily spent more time capturing this wonderful building:

July on the Southwell Trail - Sun and Rain

The July harvest provided an opportunity for some summer landscapes along the Southwell Trail; fluffy white cumulus clouds on one day, golden late evening sunlight on another; and then low sunlight under heavy rain clouds, the perfect conditions for photography, apart from getting wet!

Prior to the harvest I had taken a number of shots of the crop which was either barley or rye grass - I think:

Finally, the remaining stubble was plough back into the field and this growing cycle was complete by the end of the month: