Heron #bird

Heron.

Ardea cinerea back in the wood.

Picture taken by remote camera on April 21.

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Barren Strawberry #plant

Barren Strawberry.

Potentilla sterilis.

Picture taken April 16.

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White-lipped snail #snail

White-Lipped Snail.

Cepea hortensis, provisional identification.

Picture taken April 16.

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Natural hybrid #wildflowers

Dalse Oxslip.

Native cowslips and primroses grow on the north ride and some cross-breed to produce False Oxlip.

Primula vulgaris x veris = P. x polyantha.

Picture taken April 16.

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Wood anemone #wildflowers

Wood anemone.

Anemone nemorosa.

Picture taken April 16.

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First of the buttercups #wildflower

Celandine.

Lesser celandine, Ficaria verna.

Picture taken April 16.

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Wild Cherry #tree

Wild Cherry blossom.

To mark CP’s birthday, one of the four Prunus avium that Claire helped plant in 2014.

Picture taken April 16.

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Silver Birch #tree

Silver Birch catkin.

Betula pendula catkin.

Picture taken April 16.

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‘Why do ye fall so fast?’ #tree

Hawthorn blossom.

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, and a line from ‘To Blossoms’ by Robert Herrick.

Picture taken April 16.

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‘A fine and subtle spirit dwells in every little flower’ #plant

Bluebells.

Hyacinthoides non-scripta and a line from The Bluebell by Anne Bronte.

Picture taken April 16.

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Common Dog Violet #wildflower

Common Dog Violet.

Viola riviniana.

Picture taken April 16.

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Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock #wildflower

Cuckooflower.

Plenty of Cardamine pratensis in the wood, also Brimstone, Orange Tip and Red Admiral butterflies.

Picture taken April 16.

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