Spring on the Southwell Trail - Wildflowers (May 2018)

This selection of wildflowers from the Southwell Trail  includes some that I have struggled to identify from the photographs. For example, the yellow flowers below might be from the same species but it is hard to be certain. I really need more information e.g. the shape of the leaves. I think I can align them to the buttercup family and if really pressed I think the may be lesser spearwort, but I am not sure:

Guelder Rose

Sometimes I know I have photographed a particular flower previously but I can't remember its name. Also, annoyingly, I when I search back I find that I haven't placed a keyword or title on the image. This means starting the identification process again and, in this case, it turned out to be a guelder rose:

Ribwort Plantain

This flower/grass is instantly recognisable by sight but I had no idea of its name. With some research I am fairly sure it is ribwort plantain although I can't say that I have heard of plantain family previously:

Ferns

Some new fern growth.....it is that time of year:

Chervil 

I find the apiaceae or umbelliferae (carrot family) hard to identify. There are many different types  and they seem so similar. I am sticking my neck out to say that these are rough chervil:

Dog Rose

Herb Bennet

Another I am not sure about but I think it is Herb Bennet:

Hedgerow Cranesbill

I am comfortable that this is a type of geranium but I am less certain it is a Hedgerow Cranesbill:

Elderflower

There is lots of elderflower along the trail:

Common Vetch

Lastly a common vetch, a member of the pea family:

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