butterflies

peacocks are always appear quite early in Spring but we also saw the first speckled wood butterfly of the year today

speedwell

compared with the much simpler design of the speedwell, (two l's). I am still trying to take the perfect photo of this lovely little weed.

camellias

while not strictly speaking a wild flower I could not resist blogging the seemingly perfect symmetry of this red camellia in our garden. And I thought it had only one l.

dog violets

The last few days have been warm and dry and the dog violets are now out in profusion

heron ascending

we found ourselves very close to this heron this morning on the Tamar and had time to take this picture as it flew up to perch in the trees. There is often a heron here which suggests they have well defined territories.

rhodo jungle

one of the hundreds of subspecies of rhododendron in the woods opposite Endsleigh.