Wild West Yorkshire nature diary, Tuesday 6th July 1999
These three members of the parsley family are in flower along the towpath;
Hemlock(left) has purple blotches on its hairless stem.
Hemlock Water-dropwort(centre) has a grooved stem and fern-like leaves.
Anglica(right) has smooth stems, in this case with a purple bloom, and large leaf joints.
The hemlocks are poisonous, as you'd guess, but crystallized pieces of Angelica stem are used to decorate cakes.
Enchanter's Nightshade, which grows by the woodland path, is a member of the willowherb family. The Anglo Saxons called it aelthone and used it as a charm against elves.
At dusk a small duck flies over the wood, the white stripe along the back of the wings identifies it as Tufted Duck.
Big feet, hairy legs, often found around houses, but rarely indoors, no, not a description of me in my shorts this summer, but a Flesh-fly I found on the window-sill.
These three members of the parsley family are in flower along the towpath;
Enchanter's Nightshade, which grows by the woodland path, is a member of the willowherb family. The Anglo Saxons called it aelthone and used it as a charm against elves.
At dusk a small duck flies over the wood, the white stripe along the back of the wings identifies it as Tufted Duck.
Big feet, hairy legs, often found around houses, but rarely indoors, no, not a description of me in my shorts this summer, but a Flesh-fly I found on the window-sill.