Straw Dot #moths

Posted by on Jul 26, 2018 in 2018, July, Rivula sericealis, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Moths, Straw Dot, July 2018

 

Rivula sericealis. (more…)

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Ringlet #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 24, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, Insects, July, Ringlet, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Ringlet, July 2018

 

Aphantopus hyperantus. (more…)

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Self-heal

Posted by on Jul 22, 2018 in 2018, Flowers, July, Self-heal, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Self-Heal, July 2018

 

Prunella vulgaris. (more…)

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‘ … fate had made thee for the pleasure of the wind …’ #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 20, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, Insects, July, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, July 2018

 

Watching Silver-washed fritillary butterflies zip about the skies in the clearing, I’m not sure Robert Frost had this quite right. (more…)

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Roe buck #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 18, 2018 in 2018, Deer, Fauna, June, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, June 2018

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Jay #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 14, 2018 in 2018, Birds, Fauna, Jay, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, Jay, June 2018

 

This Jay, Garrulus glandarius, spends a lot of time by the remote camera. (more…)

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Muntjac #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 12, 2018 in 2018, Deer, Fauna, June, Muntjac, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Muntjac, June 2018

 

Muntiacus reevesi. (more…)

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Variable Longhorn #insects

Posted by on Jul 8, 2018 in 2018, Insects, June, Summer, Unidentified | 2 comments

 

 

Insect, unidentified, June 2018
Insect, unidentified, June 2018

 

Very grateful to Bugman Jones, Richard Jones, for identifying Stenocorus meridianus, which flew into the edge of the clearing. (more…)

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Up close: Common Spotted Orchid #wildflowers

Posted by on Jul 6, 2018 in 2018, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, June 2018

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (more…)

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Herb Bennet #wildflowers

Posted by on Jul 4, 2018 in 2018, Flowers, Herb Bennet, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Herb Bennet, June 2018

 

Also known as Wood Avens. (more…)

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Germander Speedwell #wildflowers

Posted by on Jul 2, 2018 in 2018, Flowers, Germander Speedwell, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Germander Speedwell, June 2018

 

Veronica chamaedrys. (more…)

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Ragged Robin #wildflowers

Posted by on Jun 30, 2018 in 2018, Flowers, June, Ragged Robin, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Ragged Robin, June 2018

 

Lychnis flos-cuculi. (more…)

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