Roadside flowers

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, it's not due to lack of effort, I just haven't seen much worth reporting in the past couple of weeks. I have however noticed lots of beautiful roadside flowers on my bike rides around the mosslands.

I suspect that most or all of these plants are only there because they were sown in a batch of widlflower seed at some time, but does that matter? I'm not sure, I can think of good arguements for and against, but one things for sure, they're a spectacular sight at the moment.


Chicory Chicorium intybus growing along the East Lancs between Windle Island and Knowsley.


Field Scabius Knautia arvensis growing at the side of the Rainford bypass between the bypass and St Helens road.

 
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium, a single plant growing next to the East Lancs, and Perforate St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum also growing at the side of the East Lancs. The latter differs from the more common (in St Helens) Square-stalked St. John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum in many ways, but perhaps most notibly in its round stems and petals with black dots on the edges.

Bird on the mosslands are few and far between at the moment, but there were a few:

Corn Bunting 1 singing Dairy Farm Road
Great-spotted Woodpecker 2 Old Coach Road
Buzzard 2 Old Coach Road
Tree Sparrow 2 Old Coach Road