Tapestry

Wild West Yorkshire nature diary, Tuesday February 1999
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Increasingly the dull waysides are filling in with a variety of greens;

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The green starfishes of Foxglove.

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Fernlike fronds of Cow Parsley and other umbellifers.

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Cross-stitch drifts of Chickweed, some in flower.

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Embossed patches of Jack-by-the-Hedge (Hedge Garlic).

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Bedraggled dull purple bramble leaves.

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Rosettes of Dandelions, the odd one already in flower.

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In the wood a few clumps of Arum (Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies) grow amongst the increasingly lush Wild Garlic.

Richard Bell,
wildlife illustrator
E-mail;'richard@daelnet.co.uk'



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