White Peak View

We went for a walk from Alstonefield in The Peak District today. Most of the walk was quiet as we kept away from the popular routes.

An abundance of wild flowers and lambs to see. In fact I saw more orchids today than I did on the Easter Bank Holiday Monday when I went in search of them! So this year it was the right time to see them this weekend. I've also never seen so many cowslips - there were literally thousands of them.

A couple of butterflies too - Specked Wood and Green Veined White.

Wild Flowers spotted:

Celandine
Early Purple Orchids
Dandelions
Cuckoo Flower
Pink Purslane
Pink Campion
Yellow Archangel
Ribwort Plantain
Buttercup
Cowslip
Wood Sorrel
Fairy Flax
Common Chickweed
Wood Anenome
Bluebells (including white ones)
Dove's Foot Crane's-Bill
Lords and Ladies
Greater Stitchwort
Butterbur
Marsh Marigold
Common Field Speedwell
White Dead Nettle
Bugle
Water Avens
Garlic Mustard
Ramsons (Wild Garlic)
Shining Crane's-Bill
Forget-me-not
Crosswort

Glaucous Sedge

King Alfred's Cake Fungus

These were the ones I either knew already or have managed to identify when I got home - the rest I'll have to keep looking up!