Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: Hyacinthoides non-scripta

  • The bluebell meadows, Newton Woods

    The bluebell meadows, Newton Woods

    With the lockdown eased I don’t feel so guilty about posting photos taken on my daily exercise. I have deliberately avoided doing so. Roseberry is still there, and the bluebells are out, intoxicating the woodland floor with a violety-blue wash but, in the upper meadow at least, they are perhaps past their prime. Bluebells flower…

  • English bluebells

    English bluebells

    With low-pressure domination, and mist and drizzle all day, I thought I might as well take advantage of the spectacular display in the bluebell meadows of Newton Wood. I believe these are mostly English bluebells, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, although there may well be some Spanish bluebells in there or some hybridisation of the two. English bluebells…