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09/03/25-Lesser celandine, viburnum, other flowers and sunset at home and Woodpigeon, views, cherry blossom and red deadnettle on a great walk at Browndown.
At Browndown brief but exciting views of my first Dartford Warbler and (my earliest ever in a year by far) Painted Lady butterfly of 2025, Linnet, Great Crested Grebe, common whitlowgrass and speedwell were other highlights with Red Kites and crocuses also great to see at home. A great wild and relaxing weekend.
Derbyshire (2) (3) (4) (5) by John Knight
Via Flickr:
(2) Tansley Dale. (3) Spring Whitlow-grass (Draba verna agg). (4) Cressbrook Dale. (5) Litton Mill.
March end of month post 1 of 3: Ten of my favourite plant and fungi photos I took in March 2024
Not quite the end of the month yet I know but as my March end of month posts are coming in three parts and I put them together on Thursday I thought I'd post one each night today, tomorrow and Sunday; tomorrow night at a similar time the post on ten of my favourite landscape and sky photos I took this month shall post and on Sunday ten of my favourite wildlife photos I took this month.
The photos in this set are of; daffodils and hyacinth at Lakeside Country Park, scarlet elf cup and jelly ear at Testwood Lakes, yellow fieldcap at Portland Bill, snake's-head fritillaries at Lakeside Country Park a sensation of my month as it often is in March, daffodil in Romsey, periwinkle in Winchester, wood anemone at Lakeside and common whitlowgrass at Denny Wood in the New Forest.
What a joy it has been to watch many more colourful floral delights emerge in March, many of them early in the theme of the year. Red and white deadnettle, speedwell, seas of lesser celandine, green alkanet, snowflakes, opposite-leaved golden saxifrage, herb-Robert, gorse, bluebells, primroses, ivy-leaved toadflax, cowslips, violet, daisies and dandelions have been other highlights as spring firmly took its grip. It's interesting that this is my fourth spring of really being into flowers and looking to identify all I've seen etc and whilst I'm so much more used to the species now there's always something to learn and I've seen some new ones this month which stood out so it always feels good. Turkey tail was another mushroom I saw a bit of this month as it was pleasant to encounter a few about.
Greylag Goose and willow at Lakeside Country Park at lunch time 24/03/26. My heart was filled with joy as I saw a handful of early House Martins gliding across the sky, one of my favourite local spring and summer visitors which it felt quite surreal seeing on a walk I'd worn gloves for a part of such is the transitional nature between the seasons in March but I'm thrilled they're back with us all the same. My first hirundine species seen this year and it's my earliest ever sighting of House Martins in a year. Nine Great Crested Grebes another quite stunning sight a high number for here with two pairs on one of the three lakes, another pair on each of the others and a lone one, Moorhen, green alkanet, forget-me-not and common whitlowgrass were other highlights.
Eriophila verna 13/03/2013 Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage) Genus: Eriophila Species: E. verna Common Name: Common Whitlowgrass Location: NT057672 Habitat: This member of the cabbage family grows on dry substrates such as walls, paths and rocks. It is very small only reaching upto 10cm high and can often be mistaken for a small Cardamine hirsuta Determiner: Ewan Cole Authority: (Linnaeus.) DC.
