Tag Archives: yellow flower

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  April Nature in the New Forest near Brockenhurst

  Posted on May 5, 2019 by ruthdaisy in Nature, Outings, Wildflowers

  Birdwatching from a shepherds hut Mike and I were lucky enough to have two nights in a shepherds hut in the New Forest in early April. Set in farmland, the front door was only about four metres away from Roydon Woods Nature Reserve Although there was no direct access to the Wildlife Trust site, it […]

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  Spotting wildflowers out walking

  Posted on November 24, 2018 by ruthdaisy in Nature, Walks, Wildflowers

  Wildflowers and health walks I try and walk for my health every day. I only do about half an hour but it seems to be enough. Sometimes I do a bit of mindfulness at the same time. Most times I follow the same route past the cemetery heading out of Seaford, through a lime walk […]

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  Photographing August wildflowers in Spain

  Posted on January 27, 2018 by ruthdaisy in Nature, Wildflowers

  Here are some wildflowers spotted in and around Gaucin in Southern Spain 2017. All these photos were taken on the same day along the same lane in late August. Here is a related post about dried flowers I spotted on the same walk.

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  Tide Mills – a lovely spot for photographing wildflowers

  Posted on September 13, 2015 by ruthdaisy in Nature, Walks

  Spotting wildflowers on a local walk Tide Mills is the site of a ruined village in a historic coastal area between Seaford and Newhaven, which is popular with walkers. There were plenty of wildflowers to be seen when I visited in August. After parking off the A259, the path skirts a couple of fields as […]

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  Jolly Jonquils: Daffodils from Walter Crane

  Posted on March 23, 2014 by ruthdaisy in Art, Gardening

  I love Walter Crane’s humorous botanical illustrations And a whole batch of his flowers have now been released into the public domain via Flickr. A selection of dizzy daffodils Daffodils don’t really come under the literal Photographing Wildflowers remit, as the only ones to be seen around here are either cultivated, or garden escapees. But […]

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  Primula vulgaris | Primrose

  Posted on March 23, 2014 by ruthdaisy in Wildflowers

  A wild flower for Mothers Day Primroses grow en masse along the country lanes of Sussex, especially on grassy roadside banks near Battle. Thirty years ago, back when it was OK to pick wildflowers, my husband used to pick a posy for his Mum to celebrate Mothers Day. I am writing this a week before […]

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  Ranunculus ficaria | Lesser celandine

  Posted on March 16, 2014 by ruthdaisy in Wildflowers

  A buttery yellow wildflower We have a community pond at the end of our road, and at this time of year its edges are a sea of yellow with celandine flowers. They seem to love the damp conditions, and the shade provided by a small stand of trees edging the footpath. The buttery yellow blooms, […]

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