The Lake District and the Local Woods

    A few weeks ago we went to the Lake District, We had a great time. Here are some of the things we         found:

    A carnivorous plant,  Common Butterwort!
    Pinguicula vulgaris

    Red-Breasted Merganser.
    Mergus serrator

    Yellow Pimpernel
    Lysimachia nemorum

    Glistening Inkcap
    Coprinellus micaceus

    Unknown, possibly Bog Bell. Galerina Paludosa.

    Greater Spotted Woodpecker on a bird feeder.

    Very nice Match-stick lichen

    Unknown Butterfly, a Fritillary of some type?

    All of the following were taken in the Leigh Woods area near Bristol.

    Common Spotted Orchid.
    Dactylorhiza fuchsii

    Lesser Butterfly-orchid! This Orchid is rare and in decline.
    Platanthera bifolia

    Pyramidal Orchid.

    Anacamptis pyramidalis