Working in the heat

Posted by on Jul 28, 2014 in 2014, Bee, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bee, July 2014

 

Late July visit, clouds of butterflies, loads of bees, a sea of high grass and thistle. (more…)

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Betony

Posted by on Jul 27, 2014 in 2014, Betony, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Betony, July 2014

 

Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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‘I believe a leaf of grass …

Posted by on Jul 26, 2014 in 2014, General, July, Rides, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

East ride, general, July 2014

 

is no less than the journey-work of the stars’ – Walt Whitman. (more…)

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A liker of white flowers

Posted by on Jul 25, 2014 in 2014, Butterflies, July, Small White, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Small White, July 2014

 

Small White, Pieris rapae, suns itself after feeding. (more…)

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A wound herb

Posted by on Jul 24, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, July, Self-heal, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Self Heal, July 2014

 

Self-Heal, a plant with a long history of medicinal use. (more…)

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A Soldier calls

Posted by on Jul 23, 2014 in 2014, Common Ragwort, Flowers, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Soldier Beetle, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Flower, Solider, Ragwort, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Common Ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, with visitor. (more…)

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Ingredient in the Duke of Portland’s powder

Posted by on Jul 22, 2014 in 2014, Common Centaury, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Centaury, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea. (more…)

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Ringlet

Posted by on Jul 21, 2014 in 2014, Butterflies, July, Provisional identification, Ringlet, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Ringlet, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Not a great picture but what looks like a Ringlet was on top of a 7ft high thistle. (more…)

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Ground Elder

Posted by on Jul 20, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, Ground Elder, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ground Elder, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Looks like Aegopodium podagraria. (more…)

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Flowering Fog

Posted by on Jul 19, 2014 in 2014, Grass, July, Provisional identification, Summer, Yorkshire Fog | 0 comments

 

 

Grass, Yorkshire Fog, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Looks like Holcus lanatus, Yorkshire Fog. (more…)

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Summertime Blues

Posted by on Jul 18, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, July, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 
Flowers, unidentified, July 2014

 

I’m not sure what this is – could be a vetch from the leaves (see below). (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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