Signs of Spring

Posted by on Jan 31, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, January 2015

 

Already plenty of Primroses in evidence, this on the north ride. (more…)

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Bird food

Posted by on Jan 30, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Ivy, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, January 2015

 

Berries of the Common Ivy, Hedera helix, can be a source of food for birds such as wood pigeons, thrushes and their young in spring. (more…)

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Off the east ride

Posted by on Jan 29, 2015 in 2015, General, January, Rides, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

East ride, general, January 2015

 

Sunny and still. (more…)

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Glacial

Posted by on Jan 28, 2015 in 2015, Grass, January, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Grass, unidentified, January 2015

 

Frost on unidentified grass. (more…)

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Still life (anew)

Posted by on Jan 27, 2015 in 2015, General, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2015

 

Tree stump, moss, frost in the clearing. (more…)

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‘The Frost performs its secret ministry’

Posted by on Jan 24, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Thistle, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistle, January 2015

 

From Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (more…)

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A wintry wood

Posted by on Jan 23, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Herb Robert, January, Winter | 0 comments

 
Flowers, Herb Robert, January 2015

 

Temperatures around zero, frost, ice and a clear blue sky. Finally felt like winter. (more…)

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Ash …

Posted by on Jan 20, 2015 in 2015, Ash, General, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2015

 

… mainly. Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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All that glitters …

Posted by on Jan 16, 2015 in 2015, Birch, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, January 2015

 

Bark of Betula pendula, Silver Birch, laying in the clearing. (more…)

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View to the west

Posted by on Jan 15, 2015 in 2015, General, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2015

 

Looking across from the east ride. (more…)

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The red, white and green

Posted by on Jan 14, 2015 in 2015, Hawthorn, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, January 2015

 

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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Reflection

Posted by on Jan 12, 2015 in 2014, General, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2015

 

Looking east across the surface of the pond. (more…)

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