Burton Leonard Lime Quarries, N Yorks - 28/07/2021

 Had a free day today so we went up to this lovely reserve south of Ripon and north of Knaresborough, adjacent to the village of Burton Leonard. A lovely place with superb limestone grassland, uncommon in this part of the world. the star plant was the Squinancywort a very scarce plant this far north, usually sticking to the chalk downs in the South, but thriving on the Magnesian Limestone here.

Greater Knapweed

Wild Basil

Common Centaury

Field Scabious

Pyramidal Orchid

Bladder Campion

Wild Marjoram

Squinancywort

Squinancywort

Common Restharrow

Scenery

Squinancywort

Common Knapweed

Meadow

Meadow

Hoary Plantain

Hutton Roof Crags, Westmorland - 11/07/2021

 We stopped off at this beautiful mass of Limestone Pavement between Kirkby Lonsdale and Burton-in-Kendal to see some plants that specialise in the Clints and Grykes of Limestone Pavement. it is an NNR, SSSI and is managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Well worth a visit, a lovely place. Succesfully saw the rare Dark Red Helleborine too.

Dropwort

Suspected Angular Solomon's Seal

Lesser Meadow Rue

Dark Red Helleborine

Dark Red Helleborine

Agrimony

Humphrey Head, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria - 11/07/2021

 We went to this beautiful limestone rocky peninsula near Grange-over-Sands on the second day I had free, a beautiful place managed by Cumbria Wildlife trust. It has a little sheltered saltmarsh behind it too. Lovely spot if you are ever in the area. Plant diversity is spectacular, with multiple rare species such as the Spiked Speedwell, rare and protected as a native plant by law. I had to do a bit of scrambling for these pics!

Parsley Water-Dropwort

Kidney Vetch

Spiked Speedwell

I have no clue

Portland Spurge

Small Scabious

A St Johns Wort Species

Bloody Cranes-bill

Wood Sage

Common or Seaside Centaury

Silverweed

Harebell

Wild Thyme

Lesser Sea Spurrey

Sea Milkwort

Lady's Bedstraw

Crosswort

Red Bartsia

Eyebright spp.

Common Birdsfoot Trefoil

Marsh Woundwort

Blackstone Edge Reservoir Road Verge, Lancashire/Yorkshire Border - 10/07/2021

 Turning the corner from Cragg Vale we spotted an Orchid in the verge near Blackstone Edge Reservoir on the A58, turns out to be a Southern Marsh, extra bonus!

Southern Marsh Orchid

Burrow Marsh, Fleetwood, Lancashire - 10/07/2021

 Travelled further afield on this free day to see some saltmarsh plants. I hoped to see the other two Sea Lavender species present - Rock and Lax-Flowered - but not today. Some more plants ticked off! Burrows Marsh is part of Barnaby Sands and Burrows Marsh nature reserve, which is a 150 hectare reserve of saltmarsh on the opposite bank of the River Wyre estuary to Fleetwood.

Sea Purslane

Thrift

Common Sea Lavender

Common Mallow

Tufted Vetch

Field Bindweed