Hawthorn #tree

Hawthorn.

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken March 15.

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Birch Polypore or Razor Strop #fungus

Birch Polypore or Razor Strop.

Piptoporus betulinus, once dried and used to sharpen razors and knives.

Picture taken March 15.

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Getting a Spring coat #wildlife

Roe deer.

Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera March 5.

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Early Purple Orchid #wildflowers

Early Purple Orchid.

Won’t be long before Orchis mascula flowers.

Picture taken March 22.

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Wood Spurge #plants

Wood Spurge.

Euphorbia amygdaloides.

Picture taken March 22.

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Lords and Ladies #plants

Lords and Ladies.

Arum maculatum.

Picture taken March 22.

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Primrose #wildflowers

Primrose.

Primula Vulgaris.

Picture taken March 22.

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Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock #wildflowers

Lady's smock or Cuckooflower.

Cardamine pratensis, making an early appearance this year.

Picture taken March 22 by Morna Hinton.

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Searching for a nest #bees

Bumblebees.

Brimstone butterflies were on the wing and bumblebees hunting for nests.

Possibly a Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.

Picture taken March 22.

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Dog-violet #wildflowers

Dog-violet.

Viola riviniana.

Picture taken March 22.

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Wood anemone #wildflowers

Wood anemone.

Anemone nemorosa.

Picture taken March 22.

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Roe buck #wildlife

Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera March 27.

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