Nymph protection

Posted by on Jun 23, 2015 in 2015, Cuckoo Spit, Flowers, Froghopper, June, Marsh Thistle, Summer | 2 comments

 

 

Insect, Froghopper, June 2015

 

First June visit and while the rides are dominated by Common Spotted Orchid, Creeping Buttercup and Ragged Robin it’s Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre, many more than 2m tall, that rule the clearing. (more…)

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Roe deer kid

Posted by on Jun 22, 2015 in 2015, Deer, Fauna, June, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, June 2015

 

A young Capreolus capreolus by the pond. (more…)

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Field Cuckoo Bumblebee

Posted by on Jun 5, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, May, Spring, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Bombus campestris, not Bombus terrestris as I had provisionally identified, on thistle. (more…)

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Sunlit Roe

Posted by on Jun 2, 2015 in 2015, Deer, Fauna, May, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, May 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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A rabbit who thinks it’s Harvey

Posted by on Jun 1, 2015 in 2015, Fauna, May, Rabbit, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, May 2015

 

An Oryctolagus cuniculus who appeared a couple of yards away and seemed to believe it was invisible … (more…)

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Among the blossom

Posted by on May 24, 2015 in 2015, Hawthorn, Insects, May, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, unidentified, May 2015

 

Unidentified caterpillar or larvae on Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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Ground level

Posted by on May 22, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Provisional identification, Snail, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Opposite -leaved Golden-saxifrage, May 2015

 

Snail, Cepaea nemoralis (provisional identification) within Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. (more…)

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Cardinal Beetle

Posted by on May 16, 2015 in 2015, Cardinal Beetle, Insects, May, Provisional identification, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Indsect, Cardinal Beetle, May 2015

 

Pyrochroa serraticornis, provisional identification. (more…)

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Young Roe deer

Posted by on May 14, 2015 in 2015, Deer, Fauna, May, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe deer, May 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Roe deer female

Posted by on May 4, 2015 in 2015, April, Deer, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe deer, April 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Roe deer male

Posted by on May 3, 2015 in 2015, April, Deer, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe deer, April 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Muntjac in sun

Posted by on May 2, 2015 in 2015, April, Deer, Muntjac, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Muntjac, April 2015

 

Lots of evidence of deer, including Muntiacus reevesi. (more…)

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