Tag Archives: British Flora

Tuesday Treats: Flowers and Fungi of Spring

Posted on March 19, 2024 by crispina kemp

Some of the pretty things seen on our walk to Lound Lakes 27th February 2024. Enjoy… Such a delight to see the leaves unfurling… Snowdrops, a few still holding on. And daffodils now making a showing… Red Deadnettle… it’ll grow … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: February Fungi and Flowers #2

Posted on March 12, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few of the delights seen on our walk 23rd February 2024. Enjoy… Violets, primroses and snowdrops, harbingers of spring And let’s not forget the charming heliotrope Pussy willow… Black Poplar catkins, not quite out yet So many early flowering … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: February’s Fungi and Flowers

Posted on March 5, 2024 by crispina kemp

Photos from our walk on 17th February 2024. Enjoy… Hazel catkins and a flowering Ribes (a garden escapee, it has to be!) Blackthorn aka Quick Thorn Snowdrops, they’re everywhere… And magical Celandines. I love these! But they only show their … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Some Unexpected…

Posted on February 27, 2024 by crispina kemp

Interesting features from out walk on 17th February 2024. Enjoy… Found growing on a churchyard wall, it looks to me like Yellow Corydalis, but it’s flowering far too early! Just had to take this shot. The sun was out, the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Flowers and Fungi

Posted on February 20, 2024 by crispina kemp

Details photos from our walk on 6th February 2024. Enjoy Larch cones. Larch is a deciduous conifer… And here the lichen is really nuzzling… Another odd ‘conifer’, the yew has flowers and berries instead of cones (forgive the blurriness, it … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Dunes and Beach

Posted on February 13, 2024 by crispina kemp

Something the things seen on our walk along Kessingland shore 24th January 2024. Enjoy. Aye, even on the dunes we can’t escape fungi! And lichen… And lichenised fungi (Cladonia) Thickets of sea buckthorn here, the berries now sun-dried and sea-air … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Some of the Sights from Sunday’s Walk

Posted on February 6, 2024 by crispina kemp

18th January 2024 being sub-zero we had expected a winter wonderland but the air was too dry. Yet in a few sheltered spots we did find some glistening foliage… And in one sheltered spot we found this… We had hoped … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: January’s Colours

Posted on January 30, 2024 by crispina kemp

Berries, catkins, fungi…and some birds. Enjoy We can always rely on wood jellies to swell and look juicy after weeks of rain Moss and tremates, the perfect wet winter combo… Sturdy brackets, here to stay Alder catkins, the cones just … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: A Winter’s Miscellany

Posted on January 23, 2024 by crispina kemp

Additional pics from our walk on 9th January 2024. Enjoy… We can always rely on ivy to provide winter colour, and not just the obvious green Most of the ice has gone but this lingers on Great Egret… looking great! … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Winter’s Limited Palette

Posted on January 16, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few more pics from our walk on 28th December 2023. Enjoy Some say bullrush, some say reedmace, we could argue all day No disputing this: This is reed in seed When all are shades of beige and fawn, a … Continue reading →

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