Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage #wildflowers

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Flowers, Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage, April 2018

 

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. (more…)

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‘The monarch of the wood’ #trees

Posted by on Apr 18, 2018 in 2018, April, Oak, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, April 2018

 

From ‘The Oak Tree’ by Mary Howitt. (more…)

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‘Spring’s full-faced primroses …’ #wildflowers

Posted by on Apr 16, 2018 in 2018, April, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

WIldflowers, Primroses, April 2018

 

If Primula vulgaris could speak, they’d be in full voice too. (more…)

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Scarlet elf cup #fungus

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Fungus, Scarlet elf cup, April 2018

 

Scarcoscypha coccinea. (more…)

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Two’s company #wildlife

Posted by on Apr 11, 2018 in 2018, April, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

WIldlife, Roe Deer, April 2018

 

A close encounter with Roe deer on the way out of the wood. (more…)

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Common Dog-violet #wildflowers

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WIldflowers, Dog-violet, April 2018

 

A real sense of spring in the wood, with Viola riviniana among the flowering plants. (more…)

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Used to treat haemorrhoids #wildflowers

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Plants, Lesser Celandine, April 2017

 

 

One use of Pilewort or Lesser Celandine, according to Stevens. (more…)

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Wood Speedwell #flowers

Posted by on May 15, 2017 in 2017, April, Flowers, Spring, Wood Speedwell | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Speedwell, April 2017

 

Veronica montana. (more…)

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Named after St Mark’s day

Posted by on May 14, 2017 in 2017, April, Insects, Spring, St Mark's Fly | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, St Mark's Fly, April 2017

 

St Mark’s Fly, which appears around St Mark’s Day, April 25. (more…)

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Early Purple Orchid #wildflowers

Posted by on May 13, 2017 in 2017, April, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Early Purple Orchid, April 2017

 

Orchis mascula. (more…)

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Green-veined White #butterflies

Posted by on May 12, 2017 in 2017, April, Butterflies, Green-veined White, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Site butterfly, Green-veined White, April 2017

 

Pieris napi. (more…)

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Ramsons #plants

Posted by on May 11, 2017 in April, Flowers, Ramsons, Spring | 0 comments

 
Flowers, Ramsons, April 2017

 

Allium ursinum. (more…)

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