Waxwing

Waxwing
"To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour."

From "Auguries of Innocence"

by William Blake

Monday, 2 June 2025

May Visit to Castle Bromwich Historic Parklands and Castle Bromwich Church and Churchyard

 

A couple of weeks ago we returned to Castle Bromwich Historic Parklands, a Local Nature Reserve and once part of the Earl of Bradford's estate, to look for any changes since we visited in April.

We parked by St Mary and St Margaret's Church - my parents were married here.









Ox Eye Daisies, Buttercups and Cow Parsley are now flowering in the parkland.







The first Green-Veined White I have seen this year.











We went into the woodland this time although we failed to find the pond which is somewhere in the centre of the wood.







Hawthorn and Horse Chestnut Candles have more or less finished flowering although I did find this one Hawthorn with plenty of fresh flowers.













When we got back to the car we realised it was school run time and as there is a school at the bottom of our road and to avoid all the traffic we waited a while and I had a look round the churchyard where there is a pollinator border full of euphorbias, alliums and roses.
























All photos taken by me with the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 bridge camera. (I don't particularly rate my photos but if anyone wishes to use of mine or my son's I would be grateful for an email first - thanks.


9 comments:

Rosie said...

Your photos perfectly capture those lovely, warm days we had in May when all the hedgerows, verges and pathways were looking wonderful. The churchyard looks so peaceful. We always try to avoid 'school run' too as we have a school close by:)

Rustic Pumpkin said...

love the pictures of those trees that look as if they are stretching. a good year for ox eye daisies all over it seems

Ragged Robin said...

Thanks so much Rosie. That was one of the days when the sun made photography hard! At times it can bleach all the flowers out. School run time here is horrendous - you cannot get up or down the road with all the parked cars! Mind you getting up and down the road is hard at all times!

Ragged Robin said...

Thanks so much Debbie - when we last went to Herefordshire the grass verges were just full of ox eye daisies :)

CherryPie said...

A beautiful place for a walk.

Ragged Robin said...

Thank you Cherry Pie

The Quacks of Life said...

nice place to walk! Have you posted pictures from inside ? Oh I FINALLY remembered to post your comments! what am I like!

Ragged Robin said...

Hi Pete - Thanks and lol re the comments and thanks again. The next post I publish will be of the gardens at Castle Bromwich Hall. Yes I have been inside the hall - there were two tours years ago one before it was renovated and one after. I will try and add the links but you may have to copy and paste. https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/tour-of-hall.html and https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2011/11/tour-of-hall-part-2.html

Ragged Robin said...

Doh! Pete - just realised you meant the church! There are two posts of church interior in this link if you scroll past other bumph https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/search/label/St%20Mary%20and%20St%20Margarets?updated-max=2018-06-10T11:31:00%2B01:00&max-results=20&start=2&by-date=false