Pellucid Hoverfly #insects

Posted by on Aug 18, 2017 in 2017, August, Hover Fly, Summer, Volucella pellucens | 0 comments

 

 

Hoverfly, Pellucid Hoverfly, August 2017

 

One of Britain’s largest flies, Volucella pellucens. (more…)

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Common Knapweed #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 17, 2017 in 2017, August, Common Knapweed, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, August 2017

 

With thanks to Kingfisher on Twitter who identified Centaurea nigra. (more…)

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Pollen gatherer #bees

Posted by on Aug 16, 2017 in 2017, Apis mellifera, August, Bee, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Honey Bee, August 2017

 

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Threadbare but flying #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 15, 2017 in 2017, August, Butterflies, Insects, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Silver-washed Fritillary, August 2017

 

Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia. (more…)

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Water Mint #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 14, 2017 in 2017, August, Summer, Water Mint | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Water Mint, August 2017

 

Mentha aquatica. (more…)

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I hope a long life awaits … #trees

Posted by on Aug 13, 2017 in 2017, August, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, August 2017

 

A young oak that we planted in March 2014 shows above its tree guard. (more…)

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Elizabethan ruff stiffener #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 12, 2017 in 2017, August, Lords and Ladies, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lords and Ladies, August 2017

 

The starch element of Lords and Ladies, Arum maculatum, was used. (more…)

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Lift off! #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 11, 2017 in 2017, August, Butterflies, Gatekeeper, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Gatekeeper, August 2017

 

Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus. (more…)

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‘Joe Pye weed’ #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 10, 2017 in 2017, August, Hemp Agrimony, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Hemp Agrimony, August 2017

 

A US name for Hemp Agrimony, named after a Native American medicine man who used it to treat typhus. (more…)

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Gone pickin’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 9, 2017 in 2017, August, Bramble, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Plants, Bramble, August 2017
 

First August visit and very grateful for first Blackberry crop of the year. (more…)

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‘How soft thy voice when woods are still …’ #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 8, 2017 in 2017, Bramble, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, July 2017

 

From ‘To The Bramble Flower’ by Ebenezer Elliott. (more…)

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Red Clover #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 7, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, July, Red Clover, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Red Clover, July 2017

 

This might be Trifolium pratense – however, I only found one flowering example and am not sure so thoughts appreciated. (more…)

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