Cocooned #plants #spiders

Posted by on Nov 14, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Marsh Thistle, November, Provisional identification, Spider | 0 comments

 

 

Thistle, insect, November 2015

 

Thistle seedhead, probably Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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‘Like strands of magic worked upon the air’ #spiders

Posted by on Nov 9, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fauna, November, Spider | 0 comments

 

 

Spiders, general, November 2015

 

From ‘A Spider’s Web’ by Jonathan Platt. (more…)

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Fox #wildlife

Posted by on Nov 3, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fauna, Fox, October | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, October 2015

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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Jay #wildlife #birds

Posted by on Nov 3, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Birds, Jay, October | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, Jay, October 2015

 

Garrulus glandarius. (more…)

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Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by on Nov 2, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Deer, October, Roe | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, October 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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A promise of life renewed #trees

Posted by on Oct 15, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, October, Pupa, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Ash, October 2015

 

Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, plays host to an unidentified pupa in the rain. (more…)

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Roe Deer buck #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 7, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Deer, Roe, September | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, September 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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With one bound … #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 6, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Deer, Roe, September | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, September 2015

 

A fast-moving Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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‘It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself’ #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 5, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, September 2015

 

Arachnid of Metellina sp. and words from Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider.’ (more…)

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Out of its usual habitat? #molluscs

Posted by on Sep 22, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Common Garden Slug, Mollusc, Provisional identification, September, Slug | 0 comments

 

 

Mollusc, Slug, September 2015

 

Usually found in gardens and parks, this appears to be Arion distinctus, a Common Garden Slug. (more…)

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Fox in the night #wildlife

Posted by on Sep 20, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fauna, Fox, September | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, September 2015

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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Noon fly #insects

Posted by on Sep 17, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fly, Insects, Noon Fly, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Noon Fly, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Mesembrina meridiana, provisional identification, on Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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