Height of summer

 

 

Butterfly, Gatekeeper, July 2014

 

Gatekeeper, Maniola tithonius. (more…)

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Looks like a Longhorn

 

 

Insect, Longhorn, July 2014

 

Possibly Strangalia maculata on brambles near the pond. (more…)

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Walking on sunshine

 

 

Flowers, Hairy St John's-wort, July 2014

 

Happy Birthday, Ellen! (more…)

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Meadow Brown

 

 

Butterfly, Meadow Brown, July 2014

 

Looks like a rather dishevelled Maniola jurtina. (more…)

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Seeds of Yggdrasil perhaps

 

 

Trees, Ash, July 2014

 

In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil was the immense tree of life, in many sources an Ash. (more…)

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In the pink

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, July 2014

 

Bramble flowers. (more…)

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St John’s-wort

 

 

Flowers, St John's-wort, July 2013

 

Specific variety unknown. (more…)

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Is this Meadowsweet?

 

 

Flowers, Meadowsweet, July 2013

 

Looks like Filipendula ulmaria. (more…)

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Heading east

 

 

South ride, July 2013

 

Walking along the south ride. (more…)

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Butterflies feeding

 

 

Butterfly, unidentified, July 2013

 

A Meadow Brown and what http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk identify as a Large White sharing a thistle by the pond. (more…)

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A “well knackered” Meadow Brown

 

 

Butterfly, unidentified, July 2013

 

Maniola jurtina (more…)

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The snail, the insect and the leaf

 

 

Snail, insect, unidentified, July 2013

 

A lot going on – (more…)

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