Tree Bumblebee

Posted by on Apr 16, 2014 in 2014, April, Bee, Insects, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bee, provisional identification, April 2014

 

Possibly Bombus hypnorum. (more…)

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True or false

Posted by on Apr 4, 2014 in 2014, False Oxlip, Flowers, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, False Oxlip, March 2014

 

This looks like False Oxslip, Primula veris x vulgaris, a hybrid between, for example, a Cowslip and Primrose. (more…)

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Spawn

Posted by on Mar 14, 2014 in 2014, Amphibians, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, spawn, March 2014

 

Part of a large amount of spawn in an overflow pool near the pond. (more…)

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Bumblebees

Posted by on Mar 13, 2014 in 2014, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, March 2014

 

Probably Buff-tailed bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, spotted near each other while trying to burrow on the east ride. (more…)

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Early orchid

Posted by on Feb 27, 2014 in 2014, Early Purple Orchid, February, Flowers, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, orchid, February 2014

 

The dark splotches on the leaves suggest an emerging Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula. (more…)

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Bug’s life

Posted by on Feb 26, 2014 in 2014, February, Insects, Larvae, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, mosquito lavae, provisional identification, February 2014

 

Possibly Mosquito larvae. (more…)

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Hairy Curtain Crust

Posted by on Jan 18, 2014 in 2014, Fungi, January, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, provisional identification, January 2014

 

Looks like Stereum hirsutum. (more…)

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Creature of the night

Posted by on Jan 3, 2014 in 2014, Fauna, Fox, January, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

Fox, provisional identification fox, January 2014

 

Looks like a fox, Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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Spot the fungi

Posted by on Dec 27, 2013 in 2013, December, Fungi, Mycena sp., Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

Fungi, provisional identification, December 2013

 

Lone fungi, probably a Mycena, on the west ride. (more…)

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Source of dye and perfume

Posted by on Dec 21, 2013 in 2013, December, Evernia prunastri, Lichen, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Evernia prunastri, December 2013

 

Looks like Evernia prunastri, Oakmoss, used by the Romans and others to make dye. (more…)

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Chanterelle and visitor

Posted by on Dec 14, 2013 in 2013, December, Fungi, Insects, Provisional identification, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, provisional identification, December 2013

 

Possibly a type of Chanterelle fungi with unidentified fly. (more…)

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Been here before: a fungi gallery full of we don’t know what!

Posted by on Dec 1, 2013 in 2013, Autumn, Fungi, November, Provisional identification, Unidentified | 1 comment

fungi,. unidentified, November 2013

 

Ain’t nature grand, the more you look, the less you know! (more…)

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