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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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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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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Crane flies

Posted by on Apr 16, 2015 in 2015, April, Crane Fly, Insects, Spring, Tipula vittata | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Crane flies, provisional identification, April 2015

 

A mating pair of Tipula vittata. (more…)

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Buff-tailed bumblebee

Posted by on Apr 14, 2015 in 2015, April, Bee, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, April 2015 2015

 

The sun was shining and the bees were much in evidence. (more…)

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Better late than never

Posted by on Apr 11, 2015 in 2015, Amphibians, April, Common Frog, Pond Skater, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Amphibian, Insect, Spawn, Pond Skater

 

Around a month later than last year, the reappearance of clumps of frog spawn in an overflow pool by the pond. (more…)

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Mystery creature …

Posted by on Apr 9, 2015 in 2015, Fauna, March, Spring, Unidentified | 1 comment

 

 

Fauna, unidentified, March 2015

 

… or a badger with a shaggy coat or a dog? (more…)

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Muntjac deer

Posted by on Apr 8, 2015 in 2015, Deer, March, Muntjac, Spring | 2 comments

 

 

Deer, Muntjac, March 2015

 

Looks like a male Muntiacus reevesi. (more…)

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Reigning champion

Posted by on Apr 6, 2015 in 2015, Birds, Fauna, March, Robin, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, Robin, March 2015

 

The Robin, Erithacus rubecula, faces a title challenge in the vote for Britain’s favourite bird. (more…)

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Territorial dispute

Posted by on Mar 30, 2015 in 2015, Birds, Duck, Mallard duck, Mandarin Duck, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Mallard, Mandarin, March 2015

 

A pair of Mallards landed on the pond and chased off the male Mandarin after seeing off the female. (more…)

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Ghostly owl?

Posted by on Mar 24, 2015 in 2015, Birds, Fauna, March, Owl, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Owl, March 2015

 

We’ve heard owls but this looks like one at night on the log pile by the pond. At least I think it is! (more…)

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