{"id":918,"date":"2013-06-26T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=918"},"modified":"2013-06-26T13:45:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:45:37","slug":"summer-flowers-in-hatton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=918","title":{"rendered":"Summer flowers in Hatton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June is a wonderful time for wild flowers and this year has been exceptional, or so it seems.\u00a0 I wonder if it is just that I have been noticing them all around as I walk through the village.<\/p>\n

\"Bluebells<\/a>
Bluebells in the woods beside Auquharney House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It all started this year for me when I went looking for bluebells which seemed to be very late blooming and then I noticed so many other flowers around.\u00a0 It sent me looking for my wild flower book to help me identify some of them. And now every time I am out, going to the shop for the paper, walking the dog in the field or round the back of the all weather pitches I am noticing the flowers.<\/p>\n

I am no expert in flowers but I decided I would try to record the flowers I came across in Hatton.\u00a0 I have not gone for the rare or unusual, nor am I trying to be complete, just sharing what I happened to have seen.<\/p>\n

\"Buttercups<\/a>
Buttercups in the field looking towards Hatton Mill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"<\/a>
Pink Purslane beside the sleepers laid across the burn in the field beside the temporary bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Comfrey<\/a>
Comfrey and Pink Purslane bloom beside the sleepers laid across the burn in the field beside the temporary bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Buttercups<\/a>
Buttercups adorn the field beside the temporary bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Buttercups<\/a>
Buttercups beside the burn which flows under the temporary bridge on Hatton Farm Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Red<\/a>
Red campion gives a splash of colour beside the Water of Cruden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"`\"<\/a>
Lady’s Smock or Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis) beside the all weather pitches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Lady's<\/a>
Lady’s smock among the buttercups in tge field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cow<\/a>
Cow Parsley beside the Sewage Works Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"IMG_0582\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IMG_0587\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow Vetch on the Auchlethen Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow Vetch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vetch<\/a>
Vetch gowing in the field beside Park Place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"IMG_0635\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"May<\/a>
May Blossom on the Auchlethen Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A Rowan tree in flower on the road to Auchlethen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"a<\/a>
a chestnut tree in full bloom at the foot of Rowan Terrace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"a<\/a>
a Red Hot Poker pushes its way hrough the weeds outside the Village Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dandelion<\/a>
Dandelion clock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hatton<\/a>
Hatton seems to be blessed with glorious patches of Orange Hawskweed. (Hatton car park)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Orange<\/a>
Orange Hawkweed outside Mill Cottages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Orange<\/a>
Orange Hawkweed in Rowan Terrace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We<\/a>
We must not overlook the lovely daisies. (Hatton car park)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clover<\/a>
Clover makes a\u00a0 splash of white besdie the Hatton car park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Red<\/a>
Red clover is growing in the ground behind the all weather pitches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Red<\/a>
Red clover is a favourite with bumble bees, so I am told.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Most<\/a>
Most of the Willowherbs are not yet in bloom. This one turns towards the sun in the Hatton car park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kidney<\/a>
Kidney Vetch besie the all weather pitches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kidney<\/a>
Kidney Vetch looks quite mysterious when you get up close.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Ribwat<\/a>
Ribwart Plantain – but I grew up in Brechin where we called them “Carl Doddies”. What do you call them in Buchan?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ribwat<\/a>
Ribwart Plantain outside Mill Cottages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"There<\/a>
There are lovley rose bushes between the Water of Cruden and the all weather pitches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"White<\/a>
White roses too. You can smell the scent as you walk past.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A foxglove risks growing beside the skateboard park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"There<\/a>
There seem to be a lot of orchids blooming in Hatton this year. This is on the bank between the all weather pitches and the School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
An orchid shares space with the all pervasive litter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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