Wild Cherry #trees

 

 

Trees, Wild Cherry, April 2017

 

Prunus avium – one of several planted in the glade in 2014. (more…)

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Yellow Archangel #plants

 

 

Flowers, Yellow Archangel, April 2017

 

Lamiastrum galeobdolon. (more…)

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Cardinal Beetle #insects

 

 

Insects, Cardinal Beetle, April 2017

 

Pyrochroa serraticornis. (more…)

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Wood Spurge #plants

 

 

Flowers, Wood Spurge, April 2017

 

Euphorbia amygdaloides. (more…)

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The east ride

 

 

Nature, east ride, April 2017

 

Looking north and beginning to look very green. (more…)

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‘Of the woods’ #wildflowers

 

 

Flowers, Yellow Pimpernel, April 2017

 

Yellow Pimpernel, Lysimachia nemorum. (more…)

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Unfurling #plants

 

 

Plants, Ferns, unidentified, April 2017

 

Unidentified ferns on the west ride. (more…)

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Speckled Wood on wood #butterflies

 

 

Butterfly, Speckled Wood, April 2017

 

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

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Fading fast #wildflowers

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, April 2017

 

The Primroses may be coming to an end but a lovely feature of the latest visit was members of the Small Woods Association identifying at least two Nightingales singing. (more…)

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‘And like a skylit water stood The bluebells in the azured wood’ #wildflowers

 

 

Flowers, Bluebells, April 2017

 

From ‘In My Own Shire, If I Was Sad’ by A E Housman. (more…)

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Green Longhorn #moths

 

 

Insect, Green Longhorn, April 2017

 

With many thanks to Richard Jones for his help. Check out the Bugman Jones site. (more…)

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‘The tree most frequently mentioned in Anglo-Saxon boundary charters’ #trees

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, April 2017

 

One of the many uses of Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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