Showing posts with label pasque flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pasque flower. Show all posts

Friday, May 12, 2023

Barnack Hills and Holes

The storm clouds gathered during our afternoon at Barnack Hills and Holes Reserve but the rain stayed away. Lots of Early Spotted Orchids, Pasque Flowers and Man Orchids to photograph. 

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Royston Heath Pasque Flowers

We made our annual pilgrimage to Royston Heath to see the Pasque flowers late yesterday afternoon. Not the best conditions as very windy so focus stacks were difficult/ A very good year in terms of numbers of flowers though they have been damaged by the frosts and winds.

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Pasque Flowers

 The recent cold, dry and windy weather has resulted in quite a lot of damage to the Pasque flowers this year but still a delight to see and photograph. This was our first RPS Nature Group outing since November so good to see Members can still get down to the task in hand. The weather was very cold and windy though the sun did come out later in the morning.Taken with 80mm Fuji Macro (first 6 images, the first three being focus stacks) and with Compact camera (last 4)


Monday, March 23, 2020

An Early Year for Pasque Flowers - Lockdown Start 23rd March

We took a walk across the heath today (our last outing in the car before lockdown was announced) to see the developmental state of the Pasque flowers and found many already in bloom. There are a lot more to come. The stems are short which makes pictorial shots more difficult and the lighting was very harsh but pleased with images 5 and 6.  No bees or flies active at the flowers - just a solitary tortoise butterfly. 
 
 
 

Monday, April 1, 2019

Pasque Flowers Royston Heath

Yesterday we did our annual visit to the Pasque flowers on Royston Heath - the first time it has been in March so a sign of this year's early spring. It is also a good year for them though still not beating 2013 (https://pin-sharp.blogspot.com/2013/05/pasque-flowers-revisited.html). It is worrying that there are relatively few insects around to pollinate them - usually the heath is buzzing with bees and flies.

Ann Miles Photography - My Favourite Images of the Past10 years or so