Earliest vetch

Posted by on Apr 25, 2015 in 2015, April, Bitter Vetch, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Vetch, April 2015

 

Bitter Vetch, Lathyrus linifolius. (more…)

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‘What now is bud will soon be leaf …’

Posted by on Apr 21, 2015 in 2015, April, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 1 comment

 

 

Trees, Spindle, April 2015

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, and a line from Keramos by Longfellow. (more…)

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Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock

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Flowers, Cuckooflower, April 2015

 

Cardamine pratensis. (more…)

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Wood Spurge

Posted by on Apr 19, 2015 in 2015, April, Flowers, Spring, Wood spurge | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Spurge, April 2015

 

The flowers of Euphorbia amygdaloides. (more…)

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Barren Strawberry

Posted by on Apr 17, 2015 in 2015, April, Barren Strawberry, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wild Strawberry, April 2015

 

Thanks to @Barbus59 who points out that this is: “likely to be Potentilla sterilis, Barren Strawberry, gaps between petals distinctive” rather than Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry. (more…)

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In the pink

Posted by on Apr 15, 2015 in 2015, April, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, April 2015

 

For the second year in a row, a single clump of the pink-purple form of Primrose has appeared on the southern ride. (more…)

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Wood anemone

Posted by on Apr 13, 2015 in 2015, April, Flowers, Spring, Wood Anemone | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Anemone, April 2015

 

Brilliant – the numbers of Anemone nemorosa have increased ever year since 2010. (more…)

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First Bluebells

Posted by on Apr 12, 2015 in 2015, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebell, April 2015

 

Here and there, Hyacinthoides non-scripta are beginning to flower. (more…)

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Maker of wine, curer of hangovers

Posted by on Apr 10, 2015 in 2015, April, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dog Violet, April 2015

 

First April visit and many Dog Violet, Viola riviniana, to be seen. (more…)

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Lighting up the rides

Posted by on Apr 7, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, March 2015

 

Primroses are now much in evidence on all the rides. (more…)

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‘A tree is an incomprehensible mystery’

Posted by on Apr 5, 2015 in 2015, General, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2015

 

Quote by cartoonist and writer Jim Woodring. (more…)

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Crack Willow

Posted by on Apr 4, 2015 in 2015, Crack Willow, March, Pond, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Crack Willow, March 2015

 

Salix fragilis. (more…)

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