Woods & meadows

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Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea).

A grey day, and a bitter north wind. One shouldn't trust April. Came back from our walk with my fingers numb.



I wanted to walk through the damp rushy meadows by S., to photograph the Cuckooflower, but I had Max with me, and a herd of young beef cattle had been turned out to graze the area of open heath we needed to cross to reach the meadows. Red hairy cattle, black hairy cattle.

So we carried on a little way along the lane, took a detour through a little woods full of bluebells and stitchwort, and reached the meadows that way.


New leaves on the beech.


Stands of Garlic Mustard and Goosegrass in boggy places in the woods.


The path to the meadows.


Lady's Smock or Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis), lover of damp riverside fields. Flowers & leaves are edible.