Damsel in distress?

 

 

Insect, Large Red Damselfly, September 2013

 

Not a damselfly but a dragonfly, a Ruddy Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum,  which is probably mating. (more…)

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Basking Sun Fly

 

 

Insect, Hover Fly, September 2013

 

Helophilus pendulus. Provisional identification. (more…)

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A promise of more to come?

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, September 2013

 

The brambles continue to flower. (more…)

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Power stretch

 

 

Trees, general, September 2013

 

Trees bordering the north ride, looking north. (more…)

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September sun worshipper … (gallery)

 

 

Butterfly,  Speckled Wood, September 2013

 

A basking Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria. (more…)

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Blooming Bittersweet

 

 

Flowers, Bittersweet, September 2013

 

September in the wood – an Indian Summer or the onset of Autumn? (more…)

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Branching Oyster

 

 

Fungi, Common Funnel, August 2013

 

Pleurotus cornucopiae. (more…)

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Bird feeder

 
 

Tree, Hawthorn, August 2013

 

Hawthorn haw, Crataegus mongyna. (more…)

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A symbol of envy, lowliness, and remorse

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, August 2013

 

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Battered mushroom …

 

 

Fungi, unidentified, August 2013

 

… or fungi that’s seen better days. (more…)

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An Anglo-Saxon charm?

 

 

Flower, unidentified, August 2013

 

Possibly Betony,  Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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Great Willowherb with visitor

 

 

Flowers, Great  Willowherb, August 2013

 

Epilobium hirsutum with unidentified fly. (more…)

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