May 152016
The Weather has been very bad throughout Ireland this spring, with very little plant growth, which is causing terrible fodder shortages for farmers. Yesterday I braved the gale-force winds for a walk along the coast in Rosadillisk, near Cleggan. This is one of my favourite spots for flower-spotting and there were plenty of voilets, primroses and sea pinks in bloom. Yesterday I saw my first bird’s foot trefoil of the year. This plant grows abundantly all over Connemara. Its red-tinged yellow flowers look a bit like gorse flowers, but without the prickles, thank goodness. The leaves have three segments like a shamrock, hence the name “trefoil”.