A walk in the woods at Stopham!

Forgive me for being so slow with this post, but my PC has been very ill with a virus, and I have only just managed to get it sorted out!

On April 6th Linda, Josie and I (with Linda's 2 lovely dogs) went for a lovely stroll on the downs at Stopham.

We started off from a farm track up on the Downs behind Stopham church 

The lichen was just wonderful, this old fence post was covered! 

We saw the delicate and beautiful Wood sorrel 

 and Wild daffodils

The lichens were very plentiful, and many were on fallen branches in the wake of storm Katie

This is a spore capsule from a moss plant, an everyday thing beautiful in macro! 

It was quite steep, and very mossy

As you can see the dogs had a great time!

We came across a fallen larch tree  (another Katie victim)

This is the female flower, or 'Larch rose'

and this is the male flower, just an untidy ball of stamens 

The views were amazing 

even the Bluebells were beginning to show 

Moschatal or town hall clock 

Opposite-leaved yellow saxifrage