Left hand side from top: peacocks, small tortoiseshells, comma Right hand side: orange-tip, speckled wood, brimstone, small tortoiseshell, holly blue
#TitliTuesday blessed to see so many beautiful #butterflies whilst I've had time off work; peacock, orange-tip, small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, brimstone, holly blue & comma. Only the green veined white refused to stop for a photo. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire & #SouthCumbria
Fabulous champion trees on the Sizergh Castle estate, from multiple trunked, to holey trees, and a huge wide one that spans a wide wall. Love seeing them before they are covered in leaves
#ThickTrunkTuesday from #SizerghCastleNT estate last Wednesday. Such an amazing area for champion #trees, straight from the car park! @nationaltrust.org.uk #SouthCumbria #vitaminN
Beautiful front of Goldilocks buttercups with their dainty leaves
A sepal shot of Goldilocks buttercups
#Wildflowerhour #WoodlandPlants & #SundayYellow combined with the delightfully named Goldilocks buttercups seem for the 1st time in #SouthCumbria this week. So pretty! @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling
Clockwise from top middle; wood anemone, herb Paris, devils tongue fern, primroses, lesser celendine, barren strawberry, native daffodils, violets, my 1st ever Goldilocks buttercups all surrounding native bluebells
#Wildflowerhour #WoodlandPlants from #SouthCumbria last Wednesday; wood anemone, herb Paris, devils tongue fern, primroses, lesser celendine, barren strawberry, native daffodils, violets, bluebells, my 1st ever Goldilocks buttercups. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #vitaminN
Lots of 7 spot ladybirds around at the moment including bramble leaves hosting 3! All surrounding a 14 spot
#InsectThursday #Ladybirds from 3 counties from the last week, #Lancashire, #NorthYorkshire & #SouthCumbria, lots of 7 spots and a lovely 14 spot Cumbrian one from yesterday. #pollinators
A 7 spot ladybird, two small tortoiseshell (underwing on the left) and peacock bottom right
#InsectThursday with blackthorn fans from the last week, #ladybirds, #butterflies including small tortoiseshell & peacock. Thank goodness it weathered last weekends storm! @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire #SouthCumbria #vitaminN
Gorgeous gorse, bluebells, huge trees, native daffodils, Sizergh Castle, a bee-fly, brimstone & peacock butterfly, champion trees, lesser celendine, sheep, Goldilocks buttercup and a feeding small tortoiseshell butterfly
#JoinMeOnMyWalk Wonderful wander with @pammcinnes.bsky.social on the #SizerghCastleNT estate, finally got a brimstone photo & bee-fly, plus my 1st every Goldilocks buttercup! @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN #SouthCumbria @nationaltrust.org.uk
Top: underwing shot of a small tortoiseshell feeding on blackthorn Middle; think female brimstone due to paper colour? Bottom; perfect peacock
It's a #butterfly day! 😍🤩🎉🦋 Super day exploring #SouthCumbria with @pammcinnes.bsky.social , FINALLY getting a brimstone photo, though it was tough with the peacock sentries chasing them off! & small tortoiseshell feeding on blackthorn, also seen 1st green veined white @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Tulips starting to bloom with a lovely view of the castle
#TulipTuesday Tulips with a fine view! On the terrace at #SizerghCastleNT A beautiful rich coral colour, with plenty more just about to burst. #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers #vitaminN #SouthCumbria @nationaltrust.org.uk
Huge trees on the Sizergh Castle estate.
#ThickTrunkTuesday from #SizerghCastleNT estate on Sunday. So many champion trees that will soon be clothed in lime green. #trees #vitaminN #SouthCumbria @nationaltrust.org.uk
Inquisitive sheep, Lakeland farm scenes, scarlet elf cups, champion trees, bluebells, native daffodils, turkey tails, tulips in front of the castle, lambs and violets
#JoinMeOnMyWalk with a lovely wander at #SizerghCastleNT yesterday. Sadly too overcast to see the brimstones, but great to see bluebells, violets and tulips brightening the floors, plus cute lambs & the sound of woodpecker. @thephotohour.bsky.social #SouthCumbria #vitaminN @nationaltrust.org.uk
Top King Alfred's burnt cakes! Middle a pretty scarlet elf cup, bottom vibrant stripes on turkey tails
#MushroomMonday from the weekend with King Alfred's burnt cakes, a pretty scarlet elf cup, and lovely colours on turkey tails. #SouthCumbria #mushrooms #fungi #vitaminN
Beautiful native daffodils, smaller and more gently coloured than garden varieties
#Wildflowerhour #StoryPlants
'When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze'
By Wordsworth inspired on 1st seeing them on a walk with his sister @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #SouthCumbria
Native bluebells in a South Cumbria ancient woodland today
#Wildflowerhour #StoryPlants #SouthCumbria today.The flowers are said to be fairy bells which ring to summon fairies & pixies to their secret gatherings. Humans cannot hear these bells- if they do it means they have crossed into the fairy world. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Such a champion tree, hollow on the inside yet still alive!
#ThickTrunkTuesday and a #Throwback to the weekend before last and my favourite grand tree at #SizerghCastleNT Hoping it's survived another year! #SouthCumbria #trees
Frogspawn in a pond at the weekend
#WildWebsWednesday with a beautiful sight at the weekend, blue skies reflected in a pond full of frog spawn. Hoping it stays safe with lots of 🐸 #frogspawn #vitaminN #SouthCumbria
All of these huge trees are just a few of the huge champion trees up around Sizergh. I wonder what tales they could tell!
#ThickTrunkTuesday from my Saturday #SizerghCastleNT estate walk, so many champion trees, all still going strong. @nationaltrust.org.uk #trees #SouthCumbria #vitaminN
Top row; thin walled maze polypores with a delicate blue/grey stripe, brittle cinder fungus, turkey tails, Bottom row; bright scarlet elf cups and frilly turkey tails
#MushroomMonday With super finds in a different wood this weekend; thin walled maze polypores, brittle cinder fungus, turkey tails, scarlet elf cups. #Fungi #mushrooms #vitaminN #SouthCumbria
From top left ; old man's beard seeds, native daffodils,1st violets of the year (dog & sweet?) cute lambs, primroses, lesser celendine, blackthorn blossom, barren strawberry & really pleased to see green hellebore, thought I'd miss them this year
#Wildflowerhour #SignsOfSpring from a visit to #SouthCumbria yesterday, old mans beard seeds, native daffodils,1st violets of the year (dog & sweet?) cute lambs, primroses, lesser celendine, blackthorn blossom, barren strawberry & green hellebore @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Native daffodils enjoying a sunny spot yesterday
#SundayYellow from yesterday and glorious native wild daffodils glowing in the sunshine in a #SouthCumbria wood. Definitely golden #SignsOfSpring @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers
Two views of the same ladybird🐞
#InsectThursday So good to see this cute #ladybird wandering up a hellebore at #SizerghCastleNT last weekend. Had it popped round the other side it would have had an umbrella! 🤣 #SouthCumbria #vitaminN @nationaltrust.org.uk
Beautiful busy bees
#WildWebsWednesday with beautiful #bees at #SizerghCastleNT last Sunday enjoying stinking helleborine! #SouthCumbria #vitaminN @nationaltrust.org.uk
A heart shaped scarlet elf cup, huge oak trees, drifts of snowdrops, turkey tails, underside of a double snowdrop, rain covered willow catkins and my favourite tree
#JoinMeOnMyWalk at #SizerghCastleNT estate yesterday, timed miraculously as we stayed dry and enjoyed a new path taking us to fabulous oak trees, fungi and snowdrops. @photohour.bsky.social #SouthCumbria #vitaminN @nationaltrust.org.uk
Beautiful pink tinged willow catkins holding raindrops
#MacroMonday with fabulously coloured willow catkins at #SizerghCastleNT yesterday complete with #raindrops. @macrohour.bsky.social #vitaminN #SouthCumbria
Top row; underside gill shot of velvet shanks, an undercooked King Arthurs cake, scarlet elf cups, Middle row; velvet shanks and turkey tails Bottom; scarlet elf cups, King Arthurs cake with it's burnt effect and dehydrated wood ear
#MushroomMonday with finds from the weekend; velvet shanks above & below, King Arthur's cakes, raw and cooked! Scarlet elf cups, turkey tails & wood ear. #Mushrooms #fungi #Lancashire & #SouthCumbria #vitaminN
Vivid pink Japanese pink cherry blossom in the formal gardens at Sizergh Castle yesterday
#MagentaMonday with fabulous cherry blossom at #SizerghCastleNT yesterday. #bloomscrolling #vitaminN #SouthCumbria
Left strip; winter aconite & dogs mercury Middle strip; comfrey & winter heliotrope Right strip; more comfrey & stinking helleborine attracting bees
#WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 part 2 today in #SouthCumbria; winter aconite, comfrey, stinking helleborine attracting #bees & dogs mercury , then the last winter heliotrope flower in #Lancashire 2/2 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #vitaminN
A huge many limbed tree
#ThickTrunkTuesday with a huge #tree from #SizerghCastleNT estate, so lovely with item many branches it's fenced in for safety 🤣 #SouthCumbria @nationaltrust.org.uk
A huge ancient tree with amazing bark
#ThickTrunkTuesday with a huge #tree from #SizerghCastleNT estate from last Sunday. @nationaltrust.org.uk #SouthCumbria
A huge tree spanning a dry stone wall
#ThickTrunkTuesday with a huge #tree from #SizerghCastleNT estate spanning the dry stone wall. #SouthCumbria @nationaltrust.org.uk
