A few flowers…………

Have just had a wonderful afternoon looking at wild flowers - they speak for themselves so without further ado…

Filipendula vulgaris – Dropwort

Helianthemum nummularium – Common Rock-rose

Common dodder (Cuscuta epithymum)

Plantago media – Hoary Plantain

Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis

Fragrant Orchid Gymnadenia conopsea

Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris

Man orchid Orchis anthropophora

Knapweed Broomrape - Orobanche elatior

Bee orchids Ophrys apifera

Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis

A glorious day for England (and Scunthorpe Town Centre)

Finally England can breathe a sigh of relief - we're through to the next round of the World Cup along with the USA from our group so to celebrate we decided to live wild and go for fish and chips which led to these lovely images!  It's not often we go into Scunthorpe town centre so it was a great surprise to find that North Lincs Council have demolished three blocks of terrace houses along West Street and temporarily replaced them with the most fantastic flower meadows - a mix of poppies, cornflowers and lots of other little things I'm not sure of so if any one from the Council is reading I would love to know the exact mix - hopefully they wont be cut but will left for the hundred or so Goldfinches which roost in the town centre - anyway well done to the council it certainly brightens up a dingy run down town center.