Hawthorn #tree

Hawthorn tree bud.

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken March 8.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hawthorn

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Brimstone #butterfly

Brimstone butterfly.

Gonepteryx rhamni rests in the sun after patrolling the west ride.

Picture taken March 8.

#brimstone #butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

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“Why in such a hurry,Whither do you go?” #nature

Ditch.

The ditch and a line from “The Streamlet” by James W. Whilt.

Picture taken March 15.

#nature #naturephotography #water

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Looking east #nature

Trees.

Picture taken March 15.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #tree

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Floored by #fungi

Fungi, unknown.

I’m constantly amazed and then baffled by the variety of #fungus in the wood. Is this a type of polypore?

Picture taken March 15.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom

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Sunshine for a cloudy day #wildflowers

Primroses.

Primroses, Primula vulgaris.

Picture taken March 15.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower #plant

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Early Purple Orchid #wildflower

Early Purple Orchid.

Orchis mascula pushing through the leaf mould.

Picture taken March 15.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #orchid #orchids #plant

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Hawthorn #tree

Hawthorn.

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken March 15.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hawthorn

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Birch Polypore or Razor Strop #fungus

Birch Polypore or Razor Strop.

Piptoporus betulinus, once dried and used to sharpen razors and knives.

Picture taken March 15.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom #fungi #birchpolypore #razorstrop

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Getting a Spring coat #wildlife

Roe deer.

Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera March 5.

#roedeer #deer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

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Early Purple Orchid #wildflowers

Early Purple Orchid.

Won’t be long before Orchis mascula flowers.

Picture taken March 22.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #wildflower

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Wood Spurge #plants

Wood Spurge.

Euphorbia amygdaloides.

Picture taken March 22.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #wildflower

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