Yggdrasil and blue #plants

  Trees, Ash, September 2015

 

Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, the tree of life in Norse mytholody. (more…)

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Autumn foreshadowed #plants

 

 

Trees, Oak, Birch, September 2015

 

The leaves of an Oak, Quercus robur, lay on logs of Silver Birch, Betula pendula. (more…)

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The tendrils wrap and climb … #plants

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, September 2015

 

Ivy, Hedera helix. (more…)

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Fruit of the Spindle tree #plants

 

 

Trees, Spindle, September 2015

 

Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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Clustered Bonnet #fungi

 

 

Fungi, Clustered Bonnet, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Mycena inclinata. Provisional identification. (more…)

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From ‘scrobb’ to ‘crab’ #plants

 

 

Tree, Crab Apple, September 2015

 

The ‘crab’ in Crab Apple derives from ‘scrobb’, the Anglo-Saxon for shrub, suggests Stevens. (more…)

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Out of its usual habitat? #molluscs

 

 

Mollusc, Slug, September 2015

 

Usually found in gardens and parks, this appears to be Arion distinctus, a Common Garden Slug. (more…)

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‘So red, that all the blood of men …

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, September 2015

 

Could never paint it so again.’ (more…)

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Fox in the night #wildlife

 

 

Fauna, Fox, September 2015

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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‘Walk out with me toward the unknown region’ #nature

 

 

General, southern border, September 2015

 

The south west corner of the wood, looking south. (more…)

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On a 300 year journey #trees

 

 

Trees, Hornbeam, September 2015

 

Hopefully this young Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, planted in March 2014, will live a full life span. (more…)

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Noon fly #insects

 

 

Insect, Noon Fly, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Mesembrina meridiana, provisional identification, on Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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