After a grey day yesterday, the sun is back out and, although cold, a beautiful day for a walk.
Usual problem with capturing photographs but, unlucky for some, 13 observations.
Walk took us down Millbank Lane and onto Brookfield Lane heading towards Aughton. After Spring Farm we took the footpath to cross the railway and onto Mickering Lane. Another footpath took us through to Town Green Station where we headed past Aughton Village Hall and across the fields to St Michael's Church on Aughton.
Footpaths acroos the A59, across the fields below West Tower Hotel and onto Back Lane.
Heading straight on rather than turning onto Swan Lane we took footpaths back to the A59 and to Hartley's Nursery for refreshments.
Continuing across fields to Millbank Lane and home.
Creamy-white anthers, blue and white bells - mainly blue.
5-lobed blue flowers with yellow centers. Leaves are alternate.
Strobilus of the Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia telmateia).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsetail
Blackish bark and dense, stiff, spiny branches; blossom five creamy-white petals; no leaves yet.
In ditch - south facing - white 'flowers' with six or seven petal-like segments.
Bright yellow head, yellow underparts, and a heavily streaked brown back.
Flower - violet-purple, 3-5 cm diameter, with a five-lobed corolla.
Next to Maghull to Ormskirk Railway Line.
Black head and neck, prominent white cheeks, olive upperparts and yellow underparts
Blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye, and encircling the white cheeks to the chin. White forehead. Wings and tail are blue. Underparts yellow.
Rusty red wings with, at each wingtip, distinctive, black, blue and yellow eye-spots.
Pair on Fencing - Black head and neck, prominent white cheeks, olive upperparts and yellow underparts
Two: landing on grass and crawling into undergrowth; reappearing and repeating process. I assume they are looking for new nesting holes.
Possible queens as very large.
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