{"id":906,"date":"2016-04-23T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T17:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/?p=906"},"modified":"2016-04-23T19:47:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:47:06","slug":"its-looking-like-a-late-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/?p=906","title":{"rendered":"It’s looking like a late year …"},"content":{"rendered":"

This winter just doesn’t seem to want to end, with the north winds blowing across the slope today. It was nice when the sun came out but pretty withering with any cloud. Beyond a few flies, the only insect I could identify was a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly and I swear I could hear its proboscis chattering and all 6 knees knocking together as it flew by!<\/p>\n

On the plant front, the Pasque Flowers seemed to have gone over early, or at least had taken a breather because I could only find 1 tiny flower. There were a few patches of cowslips lower down on the slopes in full flower and the first common milkwort and chalk milkwort flowers. The wild cherry is flowering well too and is quite a sight at the base of the orchid slope.<\/p>\n