‘I saw the brown leaves dropping from their tree’ #trees

Posted by on Oct 10, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Oak, October, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, October 2015

 

From The Falling Leaves by Margaret Postgate Cole (more…)

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Sulphur Tuft #fungi

Posted by on Oct 9, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fungi, October, Provisional identification, Sulphur Tuft | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Sulphur Tuft, provisional identification, October 2015

 

Hypholoma fasciculare, provisional identification. (more…)

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A wet day in the wood #trees

Posted by on Oct 8, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Hawthorn, October, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, October 2015

 

A first October visit and, although it poured down, the Hawthorn haws glowed. (more…)

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Roe Deer buck #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 7, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Deer, Roe, September | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, September 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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With one bound … #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 6, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Deer, Roe, September | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, September 2015

 

A fast-moving Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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‘It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself’ #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 5, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, September 2015

 

Arachnid of Metellina sp. and words from Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider.’ (more…)

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Common Funnel #fungi

Posted by on Oct 4, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Common Funnel, Fungi, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Common Funnel, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Clitocybe gibba. Provisional identification. (more…)

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‘Acorns were good until bread was found’ #plants

Posted by on Oct 3, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Oak, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, September 2015

 

Quercus robur and a quote attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. (more…)

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Colours of a woodland floor #plants #fungi

Posted by on Oct 2, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fungi, Moss, September, Turkeytail, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Turkeytail, Moss, unidentified, September 2015

 

Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor, and possibly the moss Mnium hornum. (more…)

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‘It is old, but the trees are young …’ #plants

Posted by on Oct 1, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, Rides, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

General, East Ride, September 2015

 

From ‘The Green Roads’ by Edward Thomas. (more…)

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The tree of fire #plants

Posted by on Sep 30, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Elder, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Elder, September 2015

 

The name ‘Elder’ may come from the Anglo-Saxon ‘aeld’, meaning fire, because the hollow stems were used as bellows to blow air into the centre of a fire, says the Woodland Trust. (more…)

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Pendulous Sedge #plants

Posted by on Sep 29, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Pendulous Sedge, Sedge, September | 0 comments

 

 

Sedge, Pendulous, September 2015

 

Carex pendula on the wet east ride. (more…)

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