The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust is holding a Flowers of the Dales Festival until the end of October, with over 120 events celebrating the wildflowers of the Dales. We recently went along to a walk exploring the flowers of Malham Tarn, led by the National Trust. This took in two types of ecosystem: limestone […]
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I’m just back from a holiday in Greece, taking in both archaeology and nature. The spring wild flowers were very striking, so here are some photos of my favourites. Unfortunately, I don’t have names for all of them. One of the most widespread flowers was the peacock anemone (anemone pavonina) which cropped up in shades
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Just returned from a holiday in Northern Spain, which included a lovely walk in the Picos de Europa. There was a surprising (to me) variety of wild flowers, given the lateness of the season (it must rain a lot here for Spain) and the rocky terrain. Some I have managed to identify (I think): But
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I’ve just come back from an excellent holiday in these two countries and thought I’d share some impressions. The dominant scent of Hungary in spring is of lilac. Lilac trees, in all shades from white through to deep mauve, are everywhere – in gardens, roadside verges and town parks. It’s delicious, if sometimes overwhelming. The
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