Turkeytail #fungi

Posted by on Aug 27, 2015 in 2015, August, Birch, Fungi, Summer, Trees, Turkeytail | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Turkeytail, August 2015

 

Trametes versicolor on fallen Silver Birch. (more…)

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Among the thistles #ladybird

Posted by on Aug 26, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Orange Ladybird, August 2015

 

Orange Ladybird, Halyzia 16-guttata. (more…)

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Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by on Aug 25, 2015 in 2015, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Devil's-bit Scabious, August 2015

 

Succisa protensis and unidentified visitor. (more…)

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‘You mighty one of all the trees’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 24, 2015 in 2015, August, Oak, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

Trees, Oak, August 2015

 

A line from The Old Oak Tree by William H Davies. (more…)

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After the rain

Posted by on Aug 23, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Spider, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, web, August 2015

 

Unidentified spider’s web in the clearing. (more…)

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The stillness of #trees #plants

Posted by on Aug 22, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Rides, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, east ride, August 2015

 

A heavily overcast, sultry morning and a sense of brooding pervades the east ride. (more…)

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Roe Deer #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 21, 2015 in 2015, August, Deer, Roe, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, August 2015

 

Plenty of Capreolus capreolus activity around the pond. (more…)

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Lords and Ladies #plants

Posted by on Aug 20, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fliowers, Lords and Ladies, August 2015

 

Arum maculatum. (more…)

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Betony #plants

Posted by on Aug 19, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer, Wild Clary | 0 comments

Flowers, Wild Clary, August 2015

Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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The shrinking pond #nature

Posted by on Aug 18, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Pond, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

General, pond, August 2015

 

Picture taken August 3.

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‘The Hawkish Complex’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 17, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, August 2015

 

Probably a hawkbit, hawksbeard or hawkweed. (more…)

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‘Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable;

Posted by on Aug 16, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

General, trees, August 2015

 

‘With the possible exception of a moose singing “Embraceable You” in spats’. (more…)

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