Snail and trail #mollusc

Posted by on Jul 10, 2016 in 2016, Fauna, July, Mollusc, Snail, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Snail, unidentified, July 2016

 

Unidentified snail taking refuge in the back of the trail camera. (more…)

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Resplendent in summer green #nature

Posted by on Jul 9, 2016 in 2016, General, July, Pond, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Pond, general, July 2016

 

The pond, looking north. (more…)

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Common Spotted Orchid #plants

Posted by on Jul 8, 2016 in 2016, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, July, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 
 

Plants, Common Spotted Orchid, July 2016

 

Close-up of the still plentiful Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (more…)

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Silver-washed Fritillary #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 7, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, Insects, July, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Silver-washed Fritillary, July 2016

 

A first July visit on a day of overcast skies and drizzle alternating with warm sun which brought the butterflies out. (more…)

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Cornered #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 6, 2016 in 2016, Fauna, June, Mammals, Rabbit, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, June 2016

 

Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. (more…)

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‘The wild deer wandering here and there … #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 5, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, June, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, June 2016

 

‘Keeps the human soul from care ‘– from William Blake’s, Auguries Of Innocence. (more…)

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Eye to eye #birds

Posted by on Jul 4, 2016 in 2016, Birds, Grey Heron, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Heron, June 2016

 

A Heron, Ardea cinerea, gets up close to the remote camera. (more…)

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‘The numberless, the lonely,’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 3, 2016 in 2016, Common Nettle, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

Plants, Common Nettle, June 2016

 

From A E Housman’s ‘The Stinging Nettle‘. (more…)

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Visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jul 2, 2016 in 2016, Grass, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Plant, Insect, Flower Fly, Grass, June 2016

 

Possibly a type of flower or hover fly on a species of meadow or oat grass. (more…)

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‘Here is the fern’s frond, unfurling a gesture’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 1, 2016 in 2016, Creeping Buttercup, Fern, June, Lady Fern, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Fern and Creeping Buttercup, June 2016

 

Lady Fern, Athyrium filix-femina, provisional identification, with the ‘gesture’ Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens. (more…)

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Tortoise bug #insects

Posted by on Jun 30, 2016 in 2016, Eurygaster testudinaria, Insects, June, Provisional identification, Shieldbug, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Shield Bug, provisional identification, June 2016

 

A type of Shieldbug, also known as a Stink Bug. (more…)

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Bramble #plants

Posted by on Jun 29, 2016 in 2016, Bramble, Flowers, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Bramble, June 2016

 

With the thistles starting to flower alongside Rubus fruticosus, nectar supplies will increase rapidly. (more…)

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