‘no jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit’

 

 

Insect, froghopper, cuckoo spit, June 2014

 

A line from “Hour” by Carol Ann Duffy. (more…)

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Lone ranger

 

 

Butterfly, Speckled Wood, June 2014

 

Speckled Wood, the only butterfly species we saw roving the wood on our latest visit. (more…)

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Four years on

 

 

Trees, Crack Willow, June 2014

 

A Crack Willow, Salix fragilis, at the north end of the pond. (more…)

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The deep wood

 

 

Trees, general, June 2014

 

Among the trees. (more…)

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A drop of Wolf’s Milk?

 

 

Slime Mould, Wolf's Milk, provisional identification, June 2014

 

Could be the slime mould Wolf’s Milk, Lycogala terrestre. (more…)

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Common Spotted Orchid

 

 

Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, June 2014

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (more…)

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Summer in the wood

 

 

Insect, Hoverfly, provisional identification, June 2014

 

Possibly Syrphus Vitripennis, a hoverfly, enjoying the patchy sun. (more…)

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A mighty oak …

 

 

Trees, Oak, May 2014

 

… in the making. (more…)

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Bush Vetch

 

 

Flowers, Bush Vetch, May 2014

 

Vicia sepium. (more…)

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The red and the green

 
Flowers, Wood Dock, provisional identification, May 2014
 

Possibly leaf spot on Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus. (more…)

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Green screen

 

 

Fern, unidentified, May 2014

 

Possibly Male Fern, Dryopteris filix-mas. (more…)

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‘What is a snail’s fury?’

Mollusc, Snail, unidentified, May 2014

 

From Considering the Snail’ by Thom Gunn (more…)

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