A fantastic display of chalk downland wildflowers, including orchids. The low early morning sun was picking out the folds and ridges in the hillside and the criss-cross sheep tracks. Blackcaps were singing their hearts out. The misty fields stretched into the distance like a patchwork quilt. What an inspiring place to be on such a beautiful morning.
Folds in the landscape seen at dawn, Morgan's Hill, Wiltshire
View north from Morgan's Hill to a patchwork of fields
View north east from Morgan's Hill - on the hill in the distance is the Lansdowne Monument, a stone obelisk erected by Sir William Petty in 1845.
Lesser butterfly orchid, Morgan's Hill Nature Reserve, Wiltshire
Common spotted-orchid, Morgan's Hill Nature Reserve, Wiltshire
Yellow rattle, a semi-parasitic wildflower, feeds on the roots of grasses. It gets its name from the rattle of the seeds in the seed-pod.
The rich sward of the chalk downlands of Wiltshire - common spotted-orchid, salad burnet, silverweed, meadow buttercup... a wildflower carpet
Red campion in flower with black bryony climbing up the tree
2 comments:
Ah, to be in England in springtime...Wonderful photos...I've admired your work since seeing it in Quilting Arts and am looking forward to reading your blog.
Thanks so much for sharing your landscape and flowers with us. I had no idea of the wonderful plantlife that you have described. Another reason to add to my long list of why I am such an Anglophile.
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