Wild Yorkshire

Wild clary, Salvia verbenaca, on rough grassland at the foot of the magnesian limestone ridge near Wentbridge.

The sandstone wall of the bed behind our pond.

The advantage of walking around a habitat with a group of keen naturalists is that there are more eyes to spot life down in the undergrowth and to look up, this morning to see red kite circling, hobby soaring and kestrel hovering. On a brief flypast, a Spitfire...