Betony #plants

Posted by on Sep 5, 2016 in 2016, August, Betony, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, unidentified, August 2016

 

Thanks to the Creekside Centre, @Creekside_Trust, for identifying Stachys Officinalis. (more…)

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Hover or Flower Fly #insects

Posted by on Sep 4, 2016 in 2016, August, Hover Fly, Insects, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Hover fly, August 2016

 

Possibly Eristalis pertinax. (more…)

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‘As a feather is wafted downward’ #birds

Posted by on Sep 3, 2016 in 2016, August, Birds, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Feather, August 2016

 

From The Day is Done by Longfellow. (more…)

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From green to red #plants

Posted by on Sep 2, 2016 in 2016, August, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Lords and Ladies, August 2016

 

Lords and Ladies, Arum maculatum. (more…)

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‘We are the trees’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 1, 2016 in 2016, August, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, August 2016

 

The clearing, with the new trees pushing through, and a line by Mary Colborne-Veel. (more…)

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Sun Fly #insects

Posted by on Aug 31, 2016 in 2016, August, Helophilus pendulus, Hover Fly, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Sun Fly, provisional identification, August 2016

 

Helophilus pendulus, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘ … the varnish’d buttercup …’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 30, 2016 in 2016, August, Creeping Buttercup, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Buttercup, August 2016

 

A line by William Allingham and a Creeping Buttercup. (more…)

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Speckled Wood resting in sun #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 29, 2016 in 2016, August, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Speckled Wood, August 2016

 

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

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Lower the boom #nature

Posted by on Aug 28, 2016 in 2016, Ash, August, Rides, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, August 2016

 

An Ash on the east ride that has been slowly falling sideways over the past several years. (more…)

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Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by on Aug 27, 2016 in 2016, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Devil's-bit Scabious, August 2016

 

Named because the Devil, envious of the good the plant could do, bit away part of the root, says Baker. (more…)

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Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 26, 2016 in 2016, August, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, August 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Sunny rabbit #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 25, 2016 in 2016, August, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, rabbit, August 2016

 

Oryctolagus cuniculus. (more…)

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