The water’s flowing, the cuckoo’s calling

Posted by on May 4, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Ditch, Flowers, General, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Ditch, general, April 2014

 

A day of sun and showers: a handful of butterflies, the ditches running properly again (thankfully), the bluebells still holding up among plentiful wild flowers and the call of a cuckoo to add a true touch of Spring. (more…)

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Banded snail shell

Posted by on May 3, 2014 in 2014, April, Mollusc, Snail, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Mollusc, snail, April 2014

 

Seen off the west ride in leaf litter. (more…)

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En route to becoming a frog

Posted by on May 2, 2014 in 2014, Amphibians, April, Provisional identification, Spring, Tadpole | 0 comments

 

 

Amphibian, tadpole, April 2014

 

A tadpole, one of many, in an overflow pool by the pond. (more…)

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The May tree

Posted by on May 1, 2014 in 2014, April, Hawthorn, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, April 2014

 

Hawthorn. (more…)

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White Bluebell

Posted by on Apr 30, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 
 
Flowers, Bluebell, April 2014

 

Hyacinthoides non-scripta. (more…)

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A plant of ancient woodland

Posted by on Apr 30, 2014 in 2014, April, Pendulous Sedge, Sedge, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Sedge, Pendulous, April 2014

 

Pendulous Sedge, Carex pendula. (more…)

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Fox on the run

Posted by on Apr 29, 2014 in 2014, April, Fauna, Fox, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, April 2014

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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‘… a Heaven in a Wild Flower …’

Posted by on Apr 29, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Cowslip, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, Bluebell, Cowslip, April 2014

 

From the poem To See a World. (more…)

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A blue haze – Bluebell gallery

Posted by on Apr 28, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebells, April 2014

 

Hyacinthoides non-scripta on the way into the wood.
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Orange Tip on orchid

Posted by on Apr 27, 2014 in 2014, April, Butterflies, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, Orange Tip, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Orange Tip, April 2014

 

Female Orange Tip on Early Purple Orchid. (more…)

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Pink-purple Primrose

Posted by on Apr 26, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, April 2014

 

Primula vulgaris. (more…)

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Black Morel

Posted by on Apr 26, 2014 in 2014, April, Black Morel, Fungi, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Black Morel, provisional identification, April 2014
 

Possibly Morchella elata. (more…)

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