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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One of the Crambinae #insects

Posted by on Aug 9, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

Insects, Moths, unidentified, August 2015

 

Probably one of the grass moth family. (more…)

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The deep south #nature

Posted by on Aug 8, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, Rides, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

General, west ride, August 2015

 

Looking across the right-of-way from the west ride. (more…)

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A coat of many colours #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 7, 2015 in 2015, August, Butterflies, Insects, Peacock, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Peacock, August 2015

 

Peacock, Inachis io. (more…)

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Bittersweet or Woody Nightshade #plants

Posted by on Aug 6, 2015 in 2015, August, Bittersweet, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bittersweet, August 2015

 

Solanum dulcamara. (more…)

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‘To search the dwellings of the deer’ #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 5, 2015 in 2015, August, Deer, Fauna, Roe, Summer | 2 comments

 

 

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August is off to a good start with a Roe deer hind, Capreolus capreolus, and kid by the pond. (more…)

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The (almost) all-seeing eye #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 4, 2015 in 2015, Fauna, July, Rabbit, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, July 2015

 

Rabbits can see everything behind them and only have a small blind-spot in front of their nose says OneKind.org (more…)

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One of the biggest in the UK #hover flies

Posted by on Aug 3, 2015 in 2015, Insects, July, Summer, Volucella pellucens | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hover fly, Volucella pellucens, July 2015

 

For more on the Pellucid hover fly, Volucella pellucens, see Nature Spot. (more…)

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Now here’s a thought … #sunshine

Posted by on Aug 2, 2015 in 2015, General, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

General, July 2015

 

“Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy.” ― C.S. Lewis. (more…)

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‘My feet took a walk in heavenly grass’ #grasses

Posted by on Aug 1, 2015 in 2015, August, Grass, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

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From Heavenly Grass by Tennessee Williams – the wood is the domain of flowering grasses. (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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