Bogbean flowering in Lily Tarn Bogbean flowers are fresh and abundant on Lily Tarn. It's a lovely flower with deep pink buds that burst into white flowers with ragged-edged petals. The sun casts reflections in the water so the golden bracken of the fell colours the tarn and the flowers make a pattern with their long stems and stems of three leaves.
I used to find cuckoo and yellow hammer here, so I'm eager for a reprise. Redstart and willow warbler are singing. A wheatear perches on a rock and a mallard swims in Lily Tarn.
I used to find cuckoo and yellow hammer here, so I'm eager for a reprise. Redstart and willow warbler are singing. A wheatear perches on a rock and a mallard swims in Lily Tarn.
Somewhere in the trees above Loughrigg Tarn a cuckoo is calling, well hidden in the canopy. Below Loughrigg Terrace there's a great sweep of bluebells, on the open fellside and into the wood. I remember there being bluebells but this year they're spectacular. Light changes their colour across the fell but at their best they show as intense blue.
No yellow hammer but we heard the cuckoo and a range of small birds.
No yellow hammer but we heard the cuckoo and a range of small birds.
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