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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‘The Frost performs its secret ministry’

Posted by on Jan 24, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Thistle, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistle, January 2015

 

From Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (more…)

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‘The thistle yet’ll unite Man and the Infinite!’

Posted by on Nov 24, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Flowers, Marsh Thistle, November, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistle, November 2014

 

From A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle. (more…)

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Faded glory

Posted by on Aug 17, 2014 in 2014, August, Flowers, Marsh Thistle, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Marsh Thistle, August 2014

 

Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Stately plant

Posted by on Jul 17, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, July, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Marsh Thistle, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Probably Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Time for butterflies

Posted by on Aug 1, 2013 in 2013, Butterflies, July, Large White, Summer, Thistle, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Large White, July 2013

 

Despite the cloud yesterday, large numbers of butterflies were feeding on the thistles around the pond. (more…)

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Marsh Thistle

Posted by on Jul 23, 2013 in 2013, Flowers, July, Marsh Thistle, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Marsh Thistle, July 2013

 

Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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September 2012

Posted by on Dec 6, 2012 in 2012, Flowers, Thistle, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, September 2012

 

Seed head. (more…)

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September 2012

Posted by on Dec 6, 2012 in 2012, Autumn, September, Thistle, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, September 2012

 

Unidentified Thistle. (more…)

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April 2012

Posted by on Nov 7, 2012 in 2012, April, Flowers, Spring, Thistle, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, April 2012

 

Thistle. (more…)

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