[straush]

Lots of these plants/weeds came up in my garden on the lawn -  any idea ?- was also going to let a goat have access and hope it's not poisonous

Thank you

[Backinwellies]

First leaves of a lot of weeds are not really leaves so don't look like the real leaves making identification quite hard at this stage.

[Penninehillbilly]

I know it should be obvious scaling to the keyboard, but how long is that large leaf? 
Have to say it doesn't look like our nettles ?

[straush]

It's about 10 cm .    We have lots of nettles in the paddock and it's not the same. 

It only grows in one patch directly under a tree - as we are new on the house I don't know what it looked like before.

Will try and get bigger picture but the forum reduces the size and therefore the quality

[pharnorth]

What is the tree?  Is it likely to have dropped seeds?

[Penninehillbilly]

It's a good quality pic when you tap on it to enlarge. Looks familiar but just can't place it.

[Carse Goodlifers]

It's not a nettle.
Like penninehillbilly I too can place it but cannot remember what the heck it's called.
The root looks like a common hogweed type root (nettle roots for a plant that size are smaller and tend to be more fibrous).
Can you leave the to grow on a bit until we see what the leaves turn in to? Or pot a couple up.

[arobwk]

My guess - one of the petasites species, e.g. Winter Heliotrope.  No idea if petasites are poisonous to livestock.

[devonlady]

I thought burdock?

[straush]

Thanks for all the replies - looks like winter heliotrope

[Marches Farmer]

I thought burdock?

I thought so too - perhaps rather a bright green for burdock, though? 

[arobwk]

straush,  Is it flowering yet?