Guelder Rose or Dogberry #trees

 

 

Trees, Guelder Rose, Dogberry, August 2018

 

This tree, bordering the west ride, has less leaf damage than the one off the north ride, which doesn’t seem to have fruited. (more…)

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“To thirsty suns and parching air” #nature

 

 

Pond, Nature, August 2018

 

A line from The Thorn by William Wordsworth. (more…)

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Cute! #wildlife

 

 

Deer, Roe, July 2018

 

Roe doe and kid. (more…)

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Roe buck #wildlife

 

 

Deer, Roe, July 2018

 

There’s been far more Roe deer activity than usual caught on camera over the past weeks. (more…)

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Upright Hedge Parsley #wildflowers

 

 

Flowers, Hedge Party, July 2018

 

Torilis japonica. (more…)

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Meadow Brown #butterflies

 

 

Butterflies, Meadow Brown, July 2018

 

Maniola jurtina. (more…)

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Harvestman #insects

 

 

Insect, Harvestman, Leiobunum rotundum provisional identification, July 2018

 

Male Leiobunum rotundum. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Green-veined White #butterflies

 

 

Butterflies, Large White, July 2018

 

Pieris napi. (more…)

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Straw Dot #moths

 

 

Moths, Straw Dot, July 2018

 

Rivula sericealis. (more…)

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Ringlet #butterflies

 

 

Butterflies, Ringlet, July 2018

 

Aphantopus hyperantus. (more…)

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Self-heal

 

 

Flowers, Self-Heal, July 2018

 

Prunella vulgaris. (more…)

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‘ … fate had made thee for the pleasure of the wind …’ #butterflies

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, July 2018

 

Watching Silver-washed fritillary butterflies zip about the skies in the clearing, I’m not sure Robert Frost had this quite right. (more…)

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