more toothwort

this parasitic plant has no leaves. It is very striking this year against the leaf litter. And goes very undisturbed which is probably why it is here every year. It is not a native plant, and may have come into the Endsleigh area on one of the many foreign species planted out in the woods over the last 250 years.

Cornish daffodils

Endsleigh is the big house in the background, Harriet and Max providing contrast, the Tamar running quietly at the bottom of the meadow. Cornish daffodils (real wild ones) in the woods. No daffodils in Devon. Come and see them in Cotehele. at http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/national-trust/cotehele.htm

toothwort

today's little gem, purple toothwort, growing on a tree stump (possibly hazel or ash), down by the Tamar, a little way below Endsleigh House.

dogfish 2

No, may be it was frogs I was looking for. Personally, if I was a tadpole I would want a bit of breathing space, a pond to myself, a des res. Nine of us was bad enough in one very small pond.

dogfish

I could swear I saw a fish in here somewhere.

Cornish vinca

a patch of periwinkle, always in the same place every year come what may. This is probablly the lesser variety, but it could be intermediate or even greater, in any case it is very striking at horse height.