‘We stood within a bluebell wood!’ #plants

Posted by on Apr 7, 2016 in 2016, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebell, April 2016

 

From ‘The Bluebell Wood‘ by Felix Dennis. (more…)

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Cuckooflower #plants

Posted by on Apr 6, 2016 in 2016, April, Cuckooflower, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Cuckooflower, April 2016

 

Cardamine pratensis, also known as Lady’s Smock. (more…)

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Bugle #plants

Posted by on Apr 5, 2016 in 2016, Bugle, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bugle, March 2016

 

Ajuga reptans. (more…)

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Primroses on the north ride #plants

Posted by on Apr 4, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, March 2016

 

Primula Vulgaris. (more…)

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‘… covered in lichen’ #nature

Posted by on Apr 3, 2016 in 2016, Lichen, March, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, March 2016

 

From A Melting Morning by Eiken Laan. (more…)

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Heading home #nature

Posted by on Apr 2, 2016 in 2016, General, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2016

 

Travelling south out of the copse, looking west. (more…)

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Sunny thoughts #plants

Posted by on Apr 1, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March 2016

 

Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus ficaria. (more…)

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Hair-pointed Feather-moss – perhaps! #moss

Posted by on Mar 31, 2016 in 2016, March, Moss, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Moss, Hair-pointed Feather-moss, provisional identification, March 2016

 

Provisional identification. Cirriphyllum piliferum. (more…)

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Looking east … #nature

Posted by on Mar 30, 2016 in 2016, General, March, Rides, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2016

 

From the east ride. (more…)

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I spy a stranger #plants

Posted by on Mar 29, 2016 in 2016, Daffodil, Flowers, March, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Daffodil, March 2016

 

A lone unidentified Daffodil appears in the area which we dug over to renew the drainage ditch pipes last year. (more…)

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Nest hunting #bumblebee

Posted by on Mar 28, 2016 in 2016, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, March 2016

 

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, usually the first Bumblebee to emerge in the spring, diligently searching. (more…)

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Black mystery #lichen

Posted by on Mar 27, 2016 in 2016, Lichen, March, Spring, Unidentified | 2 comments

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, March 2016

 

Probably a lichen, possibly a Leptogium but thoughts appreciated. (more…)

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