Cepaea #snails

Posted by on Mar 1, 2016 in 2016, February, Mollusc, Snail, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Snail, Cepaea, provisional identification, February 2016

 

Empty shell, possibly of Cepaea hortensis or Cepaea nemoralis. (more…)

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Lichen #nature

Posted by on Feb 10, 2016 in 2016, January, Lichen, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, January 2016

 

Possibly of the genus Lecanora. (more…)

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Amanita #fungi

Posted by on Jan 12, 2016 in 2016, Fungi, January, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Amanita, provisional identification, January 2016

 

Possibly of the genus Amanitaceae, perhaps Amanita fulva or Amanita porphyria. (more…)

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‘Resurgent greens and stronger hues …’ #plants

Posted by on Jan 11, 2016 in 2016, Grass, January, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Grass, unidentified, January 2016

 

From ‘After the Rain‘ by Ivan Donn Carswell. (more…)

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‘Now nature droops’ #plants

Posted by on Jan 10, 2016 in 2016, January, Thistle, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistles, unidentified, January 2016

 

From The Seasons: Winter by James Thomson. (more…)

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A home of their own #snails

Posted by on Dec 29, 2015 in 2015, December, Mollusc, Snail, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Snails, unidentified, December 2015

 

Two unidentified molluscs follow the example of a spider and make the back of the trail camera a home. (more…)

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‘The Spider as an Artist’ #Spiders

Posted by on Dec 21, 2015 in 2015, December, Spider, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, December 2015

 

From the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson. (more…)

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Low level cloud #nature

Posted by on Nov 20, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fauna, November, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, web, November 2015

 

Possibly a type of funnel web. (more…)

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Mycena sp. #fungi

Posted by on Nov 18, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fungi, Mycena sp., November, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Mycena sp., November 2015

 

Unidentified fungi. (more…)

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Cherry or Chestnut, that is the question … #plants

Posted by on Oct 23, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, October, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Tree, unidentified, October 2015

 

… or something else? Identification help appreciated with this young tree seen among Hawthorns. (more…)

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A promise of life renewed #trees

Posted by on Oct 15, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, October, Pupa, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Ash, October 2015

 

Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, plays host to an unidentified pupa in the rain. (more…)

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‘It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself’ #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 5, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, September 2015

 

Arachnid of Metellina sp. and words from Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider.’ (more…)

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