Upper Teesdale

Here's the second ( and rather belated) installment from our August trip up north featuring the botanically rich area of Upper Teesdale where I saw quite a few new plants and a new dragonfly too. I haven't got time to write much, so just the photos it is. I'll try my hardest to get all my backlog on here before the end of the year, but there's such a lot of it I'll have to put something on every day, just about.

Rainbow over the River Tees at Bowlees 

High Force:

The banks of the River Tees close to High Force is one of only a couple of locations in the UK where Shrubby Cinquefoil grows.

Shrubby Cinquefoil - Potentilla fruticosa

Whilst photographing the Shrubby Cinquefoil we spotted this Common Hawker ( not so common if you ask me. This is definitely the first I've managed to photograph and possibly the first I've seen too!)

 

 

Common Hawker -  Aeshna juncea

Giant Bellflower - Campanula latifolia

Most plants were seen in the Moor House, Widdy bank and Knock Fell area, including:

 Alpine Bistort - Polygonum viviparum

Alpine Bartsia - Bartsia alpina

 

Yellow Mountain Saxifrage - Saxifraga aizoides

Yellow Mountain Saxifrage - Saxifraga aizoides with

Alpine Bartsia - Bartsia alpina

Mountain Pansy - Viola lutea

Bird's-eye Primrose - Primula farinosa

Mountain Everlasting - Antennaria dioica

 Marsh Lousewort - Pedicularis palustris

 

Marsh Willlowherb - Epilobium palustre

Northern Bedstraw - Galium boreale

Pale Forget-me-not - Myosotis stolonifera

Scottish Aspodel - Tofieldia pusilla

Spring Sandwort -  Minuartia verna

  Starry Saxifrage - Saxifraga stellaris

Dwarf Milkwort - Polygala amarella 

Yellow Marsh Saxifrage - Saxifraga hirculus 

Masterwort - Imperatoria ostruthium