‘Now nature droops’ #plants

Posted by on Jan 10, 2016 in 2016, January, Thistle, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistles, unidentified, January 2016

 

From The Seasons: Winter by James Thomson. (more…)

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The pond is high #nature

Posted by on Jan 9, 2016 in 2016, General, January, Pond, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Pond, general, January 2016

 

After all the rain, the pond is swollen. (more…)

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Birch Polypore or Razor Strop #fungi

Posted by on Jan 8, 2016 in 2016, Birch Polypore, Fungi, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Birch Polypore, January 2016

 

The bottom of a ‘ladder’ of Piptoporus betulinus on a Betula pendula. (more…)

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Stark #plants

Posted by on Jan 7, 2016 in 2016, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2016

 

Mainly Ash, Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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‘Into each life some rain must fall’ #trees

Posted by on Jan 6, 2016 in 2016, Hawthorn, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, January 2016

 

From Longfellow’s The Rainy Day. (more…)

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Two’s company #wildlife

Posted by on Jan 5, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, January, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, January 2016

 

Roe deer by the pond. (more…)

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Crazy – the first Primrose flowers #plants

Posted by on Jan 4, 2016 in 2016, January, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

 

Flowers, Primrose, January 2015

 

New Year’s Day and a Primula vulgaris in flower – at least six weeks earlier than previous years. (more…)

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A mighty Oak #plants

Posted by on Jan 3, 2016 in 2016, January, Oak, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, January 2016

 

Probably the largest Quercus robur in the wood, on the corner of the south east boundary. (more…)

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Lichen up close #nature

Posted by on Jan 2, 2016 in 2016, January, Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum, Provisional identification | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, January 2016

 

Possibly Parmotrema perlatum. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Spring in Winter number 3 #nature

Posted by on Jan 1, 2016 in 2015, Ash, December, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, December 2015

 

Happy New Year!. (more…)

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‘By the stream I dream in calm delight …’ #nature

Posted by on Dec 31, 2015 in 2015, December, Ditch, General, Rides, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

General, ditch, December 2015

 

From ‘By The Stream’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar (more…)

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The west ride #nature

Posted by on Dec 30, 2015 in 2015, December, General, Rides, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

General, west ride, December 2015

 

Looking south. (more…)

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