Meadow salsify, also known as Jack go to bed at noon, or as goat’s beard, is a common plant of hedgerows and meadows.
When it’s completely open, the flower looks like a slightly smaller version of a dandelion, on a longer and thinner stalk. It only opens for the morning – hence the going to bed at noon.
When I last passed Ram Hall on the edge of Berkswell the ewes and lambs of the farm’s sheep herd were been shorn. Those which had already lost their wool were already back in the field.
The farm makes “Berkswell” cheese from unpasturised sheepsmilk.
Bunch of hawthorn berries at the start of the process of formation.
Two different types of daddy-long-legs (cranefly), insects which sometimes fly inside during the warmer months.
These both came inside on the same day.
Tiny pale flowers contrasting with the dark red of the leaves of this striking garden bush.
White bull calf under the shade of a chestnut tree on a sunny morning.