Blue heaven

Posted by on May 1, 2015 in 2015, April, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Violets, April 2015

 

Common Dog-Violet, Viola riviniana, on the north ride. (more…)

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Speckled Wood

Posted by on Apr 30, 2015 in 2015, April, Butterflies, Speckled Wood, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Speckled Wood, April 2015

 

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

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Cowslips

Posted by on Apr 29, 2015 in 2015, April, Cowslip, Flowers, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, Cowslips, April 2015

 

Primula veris. (more…)

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Comma punctuates the glade

Posted by on Apr 28, 2015 in 2015, April, Butterflies, Comma, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Comma, April 2015

 

Seen along with Orange Tips, Brimstones and Speckled Woods. (more…)

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Standing out in a crowd

Posted by on Apr 27, 2015 in 2015, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebell, April 2015

 

A birthday thought of Claire; White Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta. (more…)

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The Blackthorn “snow”

Posted by on Apr 26, 2015 in 2015, April, Blackthorn, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Blackthorn, April 2015

 

An evocative phrase in a lovely article by Paul Evans. (more…)

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Earliest vetch

Posted by on Apr 25, 2015 in 2015, April, Bitter Vetch, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Vetch, April 2015

 

Bitter Vetch, Lathyrus linifolius. (more…)

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Sun’s up

Posted by on Apr 24, 2015 in 2015, April, General, Spring | 0 comments

 
 

General, April 2015

 

Looking east by the pond at 06:55:34. (more…)

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Roe deer

Posted by on Apr 23, 2015 in 2015, April, Deer, Fauna, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe deer, April 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Focussed fox

Posted by on Apr 22, 2015 in 2015, April, Fauna, Fox, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, April 2015

 

Something has caught the eye of Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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‘What now is bud will soon be leaf …’

Posted by on Apr 21, 2015 in 2015, April, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 1 comment

 

 

Trees, Spindle, April 2015

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, and a line from Keramos by Longfellow. (more…)

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Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock

Posted by on Apr 20, 2015 in 2015, April, Cuckooflower, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Cuckooflower, April 2015

 

Cardamine pratensis. (more…)

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