Spring on the Southwell Trail - Wildflowers (June 2018)

I continued photographing the wildflowers on the Southwell Trail during June and these were some of the results. As I have said previously, I try hard to ensure that I make an accurate identification of the flowers but as there are many types, and some are very similar, mistakes are possible.

Common Spotted Orchid

These, I believe are common spotted orchids which I found growing in one of the fields off the trail:

Hedge Woundwort

Ox-Eye Daisy

 


Bird's-Foot Trefoil

Cocksfoot Grass

Red clover

Bramble & Bee

False Acacia (?)

Hogweed

The first photo is a hogweed expanding from its bud, then a close-up of a bee on the flowers, and finally a couple of creative images: 

Nottinghamshire - Photography Week 21 (2016)

Taking a break from the Cornwall coast, I visited a number of familiar locations around Nottingham.

Dorket Head

The valley between Dorket Head and Woodborough has provided a number of excellent images over the years. This is one of my favourite views:

Crop rotation means there is always something different to capture. This year's crop is wheat:

Wildflowers near Calverton

These are a few of the wildflowers captured on the reclaimed spoil heap near Calverton:

Common Vetch:

Bird's Foot Trefoil

White Campion

Forget-me-not

Stitchwort on the path near Dorket Head

Not totally sure but I think this flower might be 'Honesty'

Church/Rock Cemetery

There is plenty of Victorian architecture in the city of Nottingham including Rock Cemetery. It is built on a sandstone hill and is renowned for a number of caves and some striking gravestones and statues (1)

Robin Hood Hill

Images starting from Greaves Lane towards Robin Hood Hill and Oxton:

(1) http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/807?preview=1