Seedheads #plants

 

 

Plants, Thistles, August 2016

 

The thistle life-cycle continues. (more…)

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On the move #insects

 

 

Insects, Honey Bee, August 2016

 

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera. (more…)

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‘Nature rarer uses yellow …’ #plants

 

 

Plants, Hawkweed, provisional identification, August 2016

 

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

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Far east #nature

 

 

Trees, general, rides, August 2016

 

Looking east from the north ride across the boundary ditch. (more…)

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Betony #plants

 

 

Plants, Betony, August 2016

 

Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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Awash with silver #butterflies

 

 

Butterflies, Silver-Washed Fritillaries, August 2016

 

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

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Lords and Ladies #plants

 

 

Plants, Lords and Ladies, August 2016

 

Arum maculatum. (more…)

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A hint of autumn fruit #plants

 

 

Plants, Bramble, August 2016

 

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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‘But there is no road through the woods’ #nature

 

Trees, general, August 2016

 

From Kipling’s The Way Through the Woods. (more…)

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Burdock #plants

 

 

Plants, Burdock, August 2016

 

Variety Arctium minus, provisional identification. (more…)

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Handy arrival #butterflies

 

 

Butterfly, Red Admiral, August 2016

 

First Red Admiral I’d seen in the wood and it obligingly sat on my hand for ages. Fab! (more…)

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A summer’s evening #nature

 

 

Wood, general, July 2016

 

Leaving the copse, looking north-west. (more…)

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