Earliest vetch

Posted by on Apr 25, 2015 in 2015, April, Bitter Vetch, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Vetch, April 2015

 

Bitter Vetch, Lathyrus linifolius. (more…)

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Sun’s up

Posted by on Apr 24, 2015 in 2015, April, General, Spring | 0 comments

 
 

General, April 2015

 

Looking east by the pond at 06:55:34. (more…)

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Roe deer

Posted by on Apr 23, 2015 in 2015, April, Deer, Fauna, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe deer, April 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Focussed fox

Posted by on Apr 22, 2015 in 2015, April, Fauna, Fox, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, April 2015

 

Something has caught the eye of Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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‘What now is bud will soon be leaf …’

Posted by on Apr 21, 2015 in 2015, April, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 1 comment

 

 

Trees, Spindle, April 2015

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, and a line from Keramos by Longfellow. (more…)

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Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock

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Flowers, Cuckooflower, April 2015

 

Cardamine pratensis. (more…)

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Wood Spurge

Posted by on Apr 19, 2015 in 2015, April, Flowers, Spring, Wood spurge | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Spurge, April 2015

 

The flowers of Euphorbia amygdaloides. (more…)

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Glistening Inkcap

Posted by on Apr 18, 2015 in 2015, April, Fungi, Glistening Inkcap, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Glistening Inkcap, provisional identification, April 2015

 

Coprinus micaceus. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Barren Strawberry

Posted by on Apr 17, 2015 in 2015, April, Barren Strawberry, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wild Strawberry, April 2015

 

Thanks to @Barbus59 who points out that this is: “likely to be Potentilla sterilis, Barren Strawberry, gaps between petals distinctive” rather than Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry. (more…)

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Crane flies

Posted by on Apr 16, 2015 in 2015, April, Crane Fly, Insects, Spring, Tipula vittata | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Crane flies, provisional identification, April 2015

 

A mating pair of Tipula vittata. (more…)

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In the pink

Posted by on Apr 15, 2015 in 2015, April, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, April 2015

 

For the second year in a row, a single clump of the pink-purple form of Primrose has appeared on the southern ride. (more…)

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Buff-tailed bumblebee

Posted by on Apr 14, 2015 in 2015, April, Bee, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, April 2015 2015

 

The sun was shining and the bees were much in evidence. (more…)

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