Flower fly and Bramble #insects #plants

Posted by on Jul 18, 2016 in 2016, Bramble, Flowers, Hover Fly, July, Meliscaeva cinctella, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Flower Fly, July 2016

 

Meliscaeva cinctella, provisional identification, on Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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St John’s Wort #plants

Posted by on Jul 12, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, July, Provisional identification, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, St John's Wort, July 2016

 

Hypericum perforatum, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘Here is the fern’s frond, unfurling a gesture’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 1, 2016 in 2016, Creeping Buttercup, Fern, June, Lady Fern, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Fern and Creeping Buttercup, June 2016

 

Lady Fern, Athyrium filix-femina, provisional identification, with the ‘gesture’ Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens. (more…)

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Tortoise bug #insects

Posted by on Jun 30, 2016 in 2016, Eurygaster testudinaria, Insects, June, Provisional identification, Shieldbug, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Shield Bug, provisional identification, June 2016

 

A type of Shieldbug, also known as a Stink Bug. (more…)

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Marsh Thistle and visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jun 24, 2016 in 2016, Episyrphus balteatus, Flowers, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Marsh Thistle, Insect, June 2016

 

Possibly a Flower Fly, Episyrphus balteatus, on Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Distant Skipper #butterflies

Posted by on Jun 16, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, June, Large Skipper, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Skipper, June 2016

 

Looks like a Large Skipper. (more…)

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Strawberry conundrum #plants

Posted by on May 24, 2016 in 2016, Barren Strawberry, Flowers, May, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Barren Strawberry, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Looks like Barren Strawberry, Potentilla sterilis, rather than Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca. (more…)

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Lumpy Bracket #fungi

Posted by on Apr 26, 2016 in 2016, April, Fungi, Provisional identification, Spring, Trametes gibbosa | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Lumpy Bracket, provisional identification, April 2016

 

Trametes gibbosa, provisional identification. (more…)

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Nest hunting #bumblebee

Posted by on Mar 28, 2016 in 2016, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, March 2016

 

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, usually the first Bumblebee to emerge in the spring, diligently searching. (more…)

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Trametes #fungi

Posted by on Mar 4, 2016 in 2016, February, Fungi, Provisional identification, Turkeytail, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Trametes, February 2016

 

Probably Trametes versicolor, Turkeytail, but wondered if the greenish tinge suggested Trametes gibbosa, Lumpy Bracket. (more…)

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Coral of the wood (3) #lichen

Posted by on Mar 3, 2016 in 2016, Evernia prunastri, February, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Evernia prunastri, provisional identification, February 2016

 

Evernia prunastri, provisional identification. (more…)

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Coral of the wood (2) #lichen

Posted by on Feb 25, 2016 in 2016, February, Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Parmotrema chinense, provisional identification, February 2016

 

Parmotrema perlatum, provisional identification. (more…)

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