‘The numberless, the lonely,’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 3, 2016 in 2016, Common Nettle, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

Plants, Common Nettle, June 2016

 

From A E Housman’s ‘The Stinging Nettle‘. (more…)

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Visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jul 2, 2016 in 2016, Grass, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Plant, Insect, Flower Fly, Grass, June 2016

 

Possibly a type of flower or hover fly on a species of meadow or oat grass. (more…)

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‘Here is the fern’s frond, unfurling a gesture’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 1, 2016 in 2016, Creeping Buttercup, Fern, June, Lady Fern, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Fern and Creeping Buttercup, June 2016

 

Lady Fern, Athyrium filix-femina, provisional identification, with the ‘gesture’ Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens. (more…)

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Tortoise bug #insects

Posted by on Jun 30, 2016 in 2016, Eurygaster testudinaria, Insects, June, Provisional identification, Shieldbug, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Shield Bug, provisional identification, June 2016

 

A type of Shieldbug, also known as a Stink Bug. (more…)

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Bramble #plants

Posted by on Jun 29, 2016 in 2016, Bramble, Flowers, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Bramble, June 2016

 

With the thistles starting to flower alongside Rubus fruticosus, nectar supplies will increase rapidly. (more…)

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‘Stay near me – do not take thy flight!’ #butterflies

Posted by on Jun 28, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, Insects, June, Speckled Wood, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Speckled Wood, June 2016

 

From ‘To A Butterfly‘ by Wordsworth. (more…)

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Common Spotted Orchid #plants

Posted by on Jun 27, 2016 in 2016, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Common Spotted Orchid, June 2016

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (more…)

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Spindle #trees

Posted by on Jun 26, 2016 in 2016, June, Spindle, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, June 2016

 

Euonymus europaeus. (more…)

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‘… it seems the wood was sunk in sunlit dream’ #nature

Posted by on Jun 25, 2016 in 2016, General, June, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, June 2016

 

From ‘In the Wood’ by Boris Pasternak . (more…)

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Marsh Thistle and visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jun 24, 2016 in 2016, Episyrphus balteatus, Flowers, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Marsh Thistle, Insect, June 2016

 

Possibly a Flower Fly, Episyrphus balteatus, on Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Anglo-Saxon for ‘kindle’ #plants

Posted by on Jun 23, 2016 in 2016, Elder, June, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Elder, June 2014

 

Elder, probably named from ‘aeld‘ as the tree was used as kindling or the hollow stems as bellows. (more…)

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Bittersweet #plants

Posted by on Jun 22, 2016 in 2016, Bittersweet, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bittersweet, June 2016

 

Also known as Woody Nightshade. (more…)

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