hartlebury common
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What’s Flowering? June 1st – June 7th (Week 23)
Heath bedstraw & Sheep Sorrel – Bladder Campion – Grey Hair-grass – Dyer’s Greenweed – Great Burnet at Upton Ham – Brown Sedge lawns – Common Meadow-rue – Water Purslane – Heath-grass – Dactylorhiza – Pushing Daisies – Tower Mustard on the verge – Creeping Forget-me-not – Common Yellow-sedge – Heath Rush – Ivy-leaved Crowfoot…
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This Week in Photos 11th – 24th May (20, 21)
Week 20 – 11th-17th May Bluebell Ffridd – Lousewort Upper Gam – Bird Cherry – Malvern View – Brassica Week 21 – 18th-24th May Sheep sorrel carpet – Meadow foxtail medley – Wild strawbs – Herb paris paradise – Common Spotted Orchids Notes These last two weeks have really seen the grasses explode into flower.…
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This Week in Photos: May 4th – 10th (19)
Cow Parsley bridge – Pink Hawthorn – Hybrid Campion – Small-flowered Crane’s-bill – Red Sheep Sorrel – Green Hairstreak Notes A limited selection from a couple of outings last week, as we get closer to our wedding. Happy to see the Hybrid Campion and Green Hairstreak!
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This Week in Photos & Flowers : April 20th – 26th (17)
Bluebells at Pound Green – Bitter-vetch – ‘Wonky Horns’ – Annual knawel leaves – Ducklings – Teesdalia habitat – Pudford Sunset – Stork’s-bill on the verge Notes This week, St. Mark’s Flies have taken to the skies coinciding nicely with the start of the hawthorn blossom. The docile flight of St. Mark’s Fly seems to…
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This Week in Photos: 13th – 19th April (16)
Rapeseed sunset – Jack-by-the-hedge – Bluebells at Shrawley – Apple Blossom – Lords-and-ladies – Small nettle vs. Common nettle Notes I haven’t managed to capture as much as I’d have liked to this week, but Week 16 has felt like the true start of spring. Apple blossoms are fully out, cow parsley is starting, but…
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What’s Flowering? Hartlebury Common – Acid Grassland Flowers – Week 16
Woodlands often hold our attention at this time of year, but before the parching heat of the summer, acid grasslands are also wonderful spots to botanise. This week, the minute plants of sandy grasslands and disturbed areas of Hartlebury Common have woken up. With the turf littered with little botanical gems, here is a quick…
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This Week in Photos: 1st-7th of March (10)
Gateway to Heaven – Plough by sunset – This could be anywhere in the world – Early Dog-violet – Coltsfoot Rock – Old ant hills – Pied wagtail pond – Greenfinch vs Siskin Notes: It has recently become the time of year when you can wake up to daylight and even squeeze a short walk…
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This Week in Photos: 19th-25th January (4)
Gorse – English Longhorns – Utility Sycamore – Roots in the Triassic “When gorse is out of bloom, kissing is out of fashion”
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What’s Flowering? 21st-27th April 2025 (17)
It’s really beginning to feel like spring, with hawthorn starting to flower, St Mark’s Fly are abundant over on Hartlebury Common and cow parsley is just getting going. In the woods, wild garlic is in full flower, and the bluebells are beginning to pass their best. We’ve had some mixed weather, but it has mostly…
