The shrinking pond #nature

Posted by on May 20, 2017 in 2017, May, Pond, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Pond, nature, May 2017

 

The lack of rain is already causing the pond to contract. (more…)

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Female Orange Tip #butterflies

Posted by on May 19, 2017 in 2017, Bush Vetch, Butterflies, Flowers, May, Orange Tip, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Orange Tip, May 2017

 

Anthocharis cardamines feeding, possibly on Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium. (more…)

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Wood Forget-me-not #wildflowers

Posted by on May 18, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, May, Spring, Wood Forget-me-not | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Forget-me-not, May 2017

 

Myosotis sylvatica. (more…)

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Ash Wednesday #trees

Posted by on May 17, 2017 in 2017, Ash, May, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Ash, May 2017

 

Ok, not the day itself but a chance to see Fraxinus excelsior in the sun. (more…)

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Used to treat haemorrhoids #wildflowers

Posted by on May 16, 2017 in 2017, April, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, Spring | 0 comments

 

Plants, Lesser Celandine, April 2017

 

 

One use of Pilewort or Lesser Celandine, according to Stevens. (more…)

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Wood Speedwell #flowers

Posted by on May 15, 2017 in 2017, April, Flowers, Spring, Wood Speedwell | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Speedwell, April 2017

 

Veronica montana. (more…)

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Named after St Mark’s day

Posted by on May 14, 2017 in 2017, April, Insects, Spring, St Mark's Fly | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, St Mark's Fly, April 2017

 

St Mark’s Fly, which appears around St Mark’s Day, April 25. (more…)

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Early Purple Orchid #wildflowers

Posted by on May 13, 2017 in 2017, April, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Early Purple Orchid, April 2017

 

Orchis mascula. (more…)

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Green-veined White #butterflies

Posted by on May 12, 2017 in 2017, April, Butterflies, Green-veined White, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Site butterfly, Green-veined White, April 2017

 

Pieris napi. (more…)

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Wild Cherry #trees

Posted by on May 10, 2017 in 2017, April, Spring, Trees, Wild Cherry | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Wild Cherry, April 2017

 

Prunus avium – one of several planted in the glade in 2014. (more…)

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Yellow Archangel #plants

Posted by on May 9, 2017 in 2017, April, Flowers, Spring, Yellow Archangel | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Yellow Archangel, April 2017

 

Lamiastrum galeobdolon. (more…)

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Cardinal Beetle #insects

Posted by on May 8, 2017 in 2017, April, Cardinal Beetle, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Cardinal Beetle, April 2017

 

Pyrochroa serraticornis. (more…)

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