Fruit of the Spindle tree #plants

Posted by on Sep 25, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spindle, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, September 2015

 

Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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Clustered Bonnet #fungi

Posted by on Sep 24, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Clustered Bonnet, Fungi, September | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Clustered Bonnet, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Mycena inclinata. Provisional identification. (more…)

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From ‘scrobb’ to ‘crab’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 23, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Crab Apple, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Tree, Crab Apple, September 2015

 

The ‘crab’ in Crab Apple derives from ‘scrobb’, the Anglo-Saxon for shrub, suggests Stevens. (more…)

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Out of its usual habitat? #molluscs

Posted by on Sep 22, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Common Garden Slug, Mollusc, Provisional identification, September, Slug | 0 comments

 

 

Mollusc, Slug, September 2015

 

Usually found in gardens and parks, this appears to be Arion distinctus, a Common Garden Slug. (more…)

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‘So red, that all the blood of men …

Posted by on Sep 21, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Hawthorn, September | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, September 2015

 

Could never paint it so again.’ (more…)

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Fox in the night #wildlife

Posted by on Sep 20, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fauna, Fox, September | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, September 2015

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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‘Walk out with me toward the unknown region’ #nature

Posted by on Sep 19, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, Rides, September | 1 comment

 

 

General, southern border, September 2015

 

The south west corner of the wood, looking south. (more…)

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On a 300 year journey #trees

Posted by on Sep 18, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Hornbeam, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hornbeam, September 2015

 

Hopefully this young Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, planted in March 2014, will live a full life span. (more…)

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Noon fly #insects

Posted by on Sep 17, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fly, Insects, Noon Fly, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Noon Fly, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Mesembrina meridiana, provisional identification, on Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Blue among the grey #nature

Posted by on Sep 16, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, September 2015

 

And summer slips away … (more…)

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‘Fungi fill the forest floor’

Posted by on Sep 15, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fungi, September, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, unidentified, September 2015

 

From Shall We? by Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen. (more…)

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‘The Red—Blaze—is the Morning’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 14, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Black Bryony, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Black Bryony, September 2015

 

A line from the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson. (more…)

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