Our woodland and meadows:-
11.5.2014
Speedwell at "Moonbeam" pitch
28.1.2014
1.7.2013
Scarlet Pimpernel at "Axis" pitch
Wild mustard
Wild strawberries
Grasses
28.6.2013
Purple clover
17.6.2013
Wood Avens
11.6.2013
11.5.2014
Speedwell at "Moonbeam" pitch
28.1.2014
Scarlet Pimpernel at "Axis" pitch
Wild mustard
Wild strawberries
Grasses
28.6.2013
Purple clover
Queen Anne lace
Yellow vetch
17.6.2013
Wood Avens
11.6.2013
Orchid and buttercup
Speedwell and purple vetch
Speedwell and purple vetch
Clover, stitchwort and horsetail
10.5.13
Wild whitecurrants
Emerging Ferns
Primroses at shack
Leopardsbane
Bluebells
Forget me not (mysotis)
Lesser celandines 
Ferns
comfrey
Apparently there are a few ways to tell if woodland is ancient,:-
1. If it is shown on early maps,
2.If it is irregular shape and not a rectangle as with modern tree planting because it is easier to fence.
3.Woodland on slopes was not easy to clear or farm, so it got left where it was.
4.Native primroses are paler yellow and native bluebells hang to one side.
5. Existence of ancient hollow way (an old track pasing through the middle of the wood.)
All of the above are evident in the valley of what is called "Hidden valley" on old local maps.
Forget me not (mysotis)Lesser celandines Ferns
comfreyApparently there are a few ways to tell if woodland is ancient,:-
1. If it is shown on early maps,
2.If it is irregular shape and not a rectangle as with modern tree planting because it is easier to fence.
3.Woodland on slopes was not easy to clear or farm, so it got left where it was.
4.Native primroses are paler yellow and native bluebells hang to one side.
5. Existence of ancient hollow way (an old track pasing through the middle of the wood.)
All of the above are evident in the valley of what is called "Hidden valley" on old local maps.
yellow archangel
scarlet pimpernel at entrance to "Hoot"
Primroses on the valley embankment.
Primroses on the valley embankment.
Orange hawkbit at "Hawk" near "Aero"
3 kinds of orchid:-
Early spotted, common spotted pyramid?
