June on the Southwell Trail - Part 3 (2021)

Whilst sorting images for my last post and looking up information about the various types of umbellifers (or Apiaceae), I noticed another themed set in the photographs taken during June along the Southwell Trail. This theme was various members of the Rose family:

The first rose is the awfully named dog rose (Rosa canina):

Also a member of the rose family is the common bramble with its fine pink flowers:  

In fact, the rose family is quite extensive with many common members including crab apple, wild pear, rowan or mountain ash, cherry trees, wild plum or damson, and hawthorn. All these are present along the trail and I particularly liked these clusters of white and pink hawthorn flowers captured at the beginning of June:

Finally, along the path were showers of fallen hawthorn petals, some settling on the undergrowth:

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:

Southwell Trail, Part 1 - Photography Week 25 (2016)

The Southwell Trail is a former railway line which is now a nature reserve. It served the mining industry in area until the line was closed in the 1960's.

The trail and its associated footpaths have provided many hours of stress free photography over the years. I have never worried too much about the finer technical aspects of image capture along the trail preferring a simple point and shoot approach.

During the summer the trail becomes quite dark and tunnel-like in places as the leaf cover blocks much of the light:

The fields either side of the trail provide continued interest as the farming cycle turns. At this time of year the crops are starting to mature. This year's crop looks to be barley (or may be wheat - I am never totally sure which is which):

There are many wildflowers along the trail. Dog Roses (Rosa canina) are plentiful. There are some odd patches of poppies. I also spotted some orchid plants which I think are Common Spotted-orchids or maybe Heath Spotted-orchids?

An old wooden horse box trailer stands in one of the fields - ideal for textures and colour:

Some of the bridges over the trail have the inevitable graffiti marks and the odd cartoon character!

Trees in summer can be more difficult to capture. They can become very dark in the landscape losing some of branch shape under a mass of green leaves: