Fox on the run

Posted by on Apr 29, 2014 in 2014, April, Fauna, Fox, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, April 2014

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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‘… a Heaven in a Wild Flower …’

Posted by on Apr 29, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Cowslip, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, Bluebell, Cowslip, April 2014

 

From the poem To See a World. (more…)

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A blue haze – Bluebell gallery

Posted by on Apr 28, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebells, April 2014

 

Hyacinthoides non-scripta on the way into the wood.
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Orange Tip on orchid

Posted by on Apr 27, 2014 in 2014, April, Butterflies, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, Orange Tip, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Orange Tip, April 2014

 

Female Orange Tip on Early Purple Orchid. (more…)

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Pink-purple Primrose

Posted by on Apr 26, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, April 2014

 

Primula vulgaris. (more…)

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Black Morel

Posted by on Apr 26, 2014 in 2014, April, Black Morel, Fungi, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Black Morel, provisional identification, April 2014
 

Possibly Morchella elata. (more…)

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When a vetch is not a vetch

Posted by on Apr 25, 2014 in 2014, April, Bitter Vetch, Flowers, Spring | 4 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bitter Vetch, provisional identification, April 2014

 

Bitter Vetch, Lathyrus linifolius, judging by the leaves shown in the picture below and with thanks to Mark Goff. (more…)

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Pond skater

Posted by on Apr 25, 2014 in 2014, April, Insects, Pond Skater, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Pond Skater, April 2014

 

There are nine species of pond skater in the UK. (more…)

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Muntjac pair

Posted by on Apr 24, 2014 in 2014, April, Deer, Fauna, Muntjac, Spring | 0 comments

  

Fauna, Muntjac deer, April 2014

 

We have previously seen individual Muntjacs in the wood but this appears to be a buck and a doe. (more…)

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Looking for a home

Posted by on Apr 23, 2014 in 2014, April, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, Insects, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, provisional identification, April 2014

 

Probably a Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. (more…)

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Golden guineas

Posted by on Apr 23, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lesser Celandine, April 2014

 

A vernacular name for Lesser Celandine. (more…)

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Blue Butcher

Posted by on Apr 22, 2014 in 2014, April, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

Flowers, Early Purple Orchid, April 2014

 

Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula. (more…)

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