Lots of Pale Flax on Orcombe Point at the moment.
Too engrossed in flowers to notice any birds at the moment, but made a quick trip across the Exe, after work, for the American Golden Plover - a nice summer-plumaged bird but unfortunately on the farthest stretch of water so barely a 'blob'. Only my second in Devon, the first also on Exminster Marshes, on May 4th 2008.
Male and female Orange-tip - Orcombe Point.
Black Bryony - lots of this in the hedgerow along Gore Lane.
Possibly Marsh Foxtail? - growing in a flooded gateway along Gore Lane.
Don't know what this is. Guessing a garden escape.
Tree Lupin - The Maer.
Ivy Broomrape is starting to pop up behind the cricket club.
Ragged Robin - Duckpond - pleased to find this for the first time in Exmouth.
Glad you saw the plover - it's a cracker! The 'garden escape' is some sort of garlic (Allium sp.). Grass does look like Marsh Foxtail - it should have 'bent knees' (geniculate, hence the scientific name geniculatus), or stems that bend up at the nodes.
ReplyDeleteFabulous - many thanks, as always, Dave. Will look for those features next time I'm up there...
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Matt
The garden escape, which isn't uncommonly naturalised, is Rosy Garlic, Allium roseum. Quite a bit on Scilly & have seen it around London.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of it! Many thanks Neil, as always.
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