Bird's foot trefoil on limestone clitter A south-east wind keeps the day fresh and wind-shear shows in high cloud. At this season fresh flowers appear overnight. Brid's-foot trefoil is bright yellow. There's white bedstraw and everywhere the white May of hawthorn in bloom. Yellow hawkweeds show. The ground looks dry, patterned with fine cracks. Hard to remember how cold and wet it was for most of May
I waited by a gap in a wall as a woman took a photograph.
' These walls remind me of vanilla slices, the pastry.'
' Mille feulle,' she said.
'Yes, just so.'
Leaves packed tight together, a thousand leaves. You can find the look in the wall as a whole, and in individual slates of limestone that resemble compacted layers of leaves. I like the visual aptness of the simile. And the harsh contrast - nothing like biting into a vanilla slice.
' These walls remind me of vanilla slices, the pastry.'
' Mille feulle,' she said.
'Yes, just so.'
Leaves packed tight together, a thousand leaves. You can find the look in the wall as a whole, and in individual slates of limestone that resemble compacted layers of leaves. I like the visual aptness of the simile. And the harsh contrast - nothing like biting into a vanilla slice.
Some of the gorse looks sick. It's a concern because it provides shelter and insects for nesting linnet and redpoll.
When stonechat are breeding they see off an intruder with loud and persistent calls, flitting from bush to bush until you are well clear of their territory. As I watched the female was constantly flicking her tail and I've caught it in images. Later, she had a beak full of insects for her brood.
When stonechat are breeding they see off an intruder with loud and persistent calls, flitting from bush to bush until you are well clear of their territory. As I watched the female was constantly flicking her tail and I've caught it in images. Later, she had a beak full of insects for her brood.
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