Last of the Early Purple Orchids

Posted by on Jun 12, 2015 in 2015, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Early Purple Orchid, May 2015

 

Couldn’t see any more Orchis mascula except this declining example. (more…)

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Yellow Pimpernel

Posted by on Jun 11, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Provisional identification, Spring, Yellow Pimpernel | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Yellow Pimpernel, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Lysimachia nemorum, provisional identification. Could be Lysimachia nummularia – Creeping Jenny. (more…)

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Flowering Spindle

Posted by on Jun 10, 2015 in 2015, May, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, May 2015

 

Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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A test for butter lovers

Posted by on Jun 9, 2015 in 2015, Creeping Buttercup, Flowers, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Creeping Buttercup, May 2015

 

If a yellow reflection appears when Creeping Buttercup is held up to the chin, it is a sign that the person likes butter. (more…)

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Greater Butterfly Orchid

Posted by on Jun 8, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Greater Butterfly Orchid, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Greater Butterfly Orchid, May 2015

 

One of a pair of Platanthera chlorantha which have made a welcome re-appearance. (more…)

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‘The trees in the forest tower over me’

Posted by on Jun 7, 2015 in 2015, General, May, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, May 2015

 

From ‘The Trees Around You and Me’ by Madeline Schwartz. (more…)

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Wood Spurge

Posted by on Jun 6, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Spring, Wood spurge | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Spurge, May 2015

 

Euphorbia amygdaloides. (more…)

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Field Cuckoo Bumblebee

Posted by on Jun 5, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, May, Spring, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Bombus campestris, not Bombus terrestris as I had provisionally identified, on thistle. (more…)

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Ragged Robin

Posted by on Jun 4, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Ragged Robin, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ragged Robin, May 2015

 

Lychnis flos-cuculi. (more…)

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White Bugle, Woundwort or what?

Posted by on May 31, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, May 2015

 

Looks like a lot of things but doesn’t seem to fit anywhere! Help appreciated. (more…)

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Bugle’s blues

Posted by on May 30, 2015 in 2015, Bugle, Flowers, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bugle, May 2015

 

Ajuga reptans. (more…)

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The plant labelled “rank”

Posted by on May 29, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Ramsons, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, Ramsons, May 2015

 

Ramsons, the common name deriving from the Anglo-Saxon hramsa meaning rank, asserts Stevens. (more…)

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