Noon fly #insects

Posted by on Sep 17, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fly, Insects, Noon Fly, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Noon Fly, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Mesembrina meridiana, provisional identification, on Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Creeping Thistle #plants

Posted by on Sep 2, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Creeping Thistle, provisonal identification, August 2015

 

Cirsium arvense. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Common Carder Bee #insects

Posted by on Aug 31, 2015 in 2015, August, Bee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Common Carder, provisional identification, August 2015

 

Bombus pascuorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by on Aug 25, 2015 in 2015, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Devil's-bit Scabious, August 2015

 

Succisa protensis and unidentified visitor. (more…)

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Betony #plants

Posted by on Aug 19, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer, Wild Clary | 0 comments

Flowers, Wild Clary, August 2015

Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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St John’s Wort #plants

Posted by on Aug 14, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, St John's Wort, August 2015

 

Puzzled by the leaves, perhaps Hypericum tetrapterum – Square-stalked St John’s Wort. (more…)

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Wood Burdock #plants

Posted by on Aug 10, 2015 in 2015, August, Burdocks, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Burdock, provisional identification, August 2015

 

Arctium nemorosum, provisional identification. (more…)

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Skipper #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 31, 2015 in 2015, Butterflies, Insects, July, Large Skipper, Provisional identification, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Large Skipper, provisional identification, July 2015

 

Ochlodes sylvanus, Large Skipper, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘You better not fool with a Bumblebee!’ #bees

Posted by on Jul 30, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2015

 

A line from The Bumblebee by James Whitcomb Riley. (more…)

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One in more than 280 #insects

Posted by on Jul 26, 2015 in 2015, Eristalis interruptus, Hover Fly, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hover fly, July 2015

 

Hover fly – there are nearly 300 types found in the UK (more…)

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Hover or Flower fly #insects

Posted by on Jul 20, 2015 in 2015, Eristalis arbustorum, Hover Fly, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hoverfly, July 2014

 

Eristalis arbustorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘Of splendour in the grass’

Posted by on Jul 5, 2015 in 2015, Grass, June, Provisional identification, Summer, Yorkshire Fog | 0 comments

 

 

Grass, Yorkshire Fog, provisional identification, June 2015

 

There’s an abundance of flowering grasses so a line from Wordsworth’s poem of the same name captures the fleeting moment. (more…)

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