Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 27, 2016 in 2016, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Named because the Devil, envious of the good the plant could do, bit away part of the root, says Baker. (more…)

Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 26, 2016 in 2016, August, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

Sunny rabbit #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 25, 2016 in 2016, August, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

Oryctolagus cuniculus. (more…)

Pretty as … #moths

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 24, 2016 in 2016, August, Moth, Peacock Moth, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

Peacock Moth, Macaria notata, provisional identification. (more…)

Mystery yellow #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 23, 2016 in 2016, August, Flowers, Prickly Sow Thistle, Summer | 2 comments

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Thanks to Neil for pointing out that this is Prickly-Sow Thistle, Sonchus asper. (more…)

Meadow Brown #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 22, 2016 in 2016, August, Butterflies, Insects, Meadow Brown, Summer | 0 comments

A rather battered looking Maniola jurtina. (more…)

Great Black Slug #molluscs

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 21, 2016 in 2016, August, Great Black Slug, Mollusc, Provisional identification, Slug, Summer | 0 comments

Arion ater, provisional identification. (more…)

Seedheads #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 20, 2016 in 2016, August, Flowers, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

The thistle life-cycle continues. (more…)

On the move #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 19, 2016 in 2016, Apis mellifera, August, Bee, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera. (more…)

‘Nature rarer uses yellow …’ #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 18, 2016 in 2016, August, Common Hawkweed, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

From the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson. (more…)

Far east #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 17, 2016 in 2016, August, General, Rides, Summer | 0 comments

Looking east from the north ride across the boundary ditch. (more…)

Betony #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 16, 2016 in 2016, August, Betony, Summer | 0 comments

Stachys officinalis. (more…)