Common Carder Bee #insects

Posted by on Aug 31, 2015 in 2015, August, Bee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Common Carder, provisional identification, August 2015

 

Bombus pascuorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘Sticklebacks’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 30, 2015 in 2015, August, Burdocks, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Greater Burdock, August 2015

 

One of the names given to Arctium lappa, Greater Burdock, for its sticky seedheads. (more…)

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Ready to fruit #plants

Posted by on Aug 29, 2015 in 2015, August, Spindle, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, August 2015

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, with berries that will turn deep pink when ripe. (more…)

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Touch of sunshine #plants

Posted by on Aug 28, 2015 in 2014, August, Common Ragwort, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Ragwort, August 2015

 

Common Ragwort, Senecio jacobaea. (more…)

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Turkeytail #fungi

Posted by on Aug 27, 2015 in 2015, August, Birch, Fungi, Summer, Trees, Turkeytail | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Turkeytail, August 2015

 

Trametes versicolor on fallen Silver Birch. (more…)

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Among the thistles #ladybird

Posted by on Aug 26, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Orange Ladybird, August 2015

 

Orange Ladybird, Halyzia 16-guttata. (more…)

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Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by on Aug 25, 2015 in 2015, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Devil's-bit Scabious, August 2015

 

Succisa protensis and unidentified visitor. (more…)

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‘You mighty one of all the trees’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 24, 2015 in 2015, August, Oak, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

Trees, Oak, August 2015

 

A line from The Old Oak Tree by William H Davies. (more…)

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After the rain

Posted by on Aug 23, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Spider, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, web, August 2015

 

Unidentified spider’s web in the clearing. (more…)

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Roe Deer #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 21, 2015 in 2015, August, Deer, Roe, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, August 2015

 

Plenty of Capreolus capreolus activity around the pond. (more…)

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Lords and Ladies #plants

Posted by on Aug 20, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fliowers, Lords and Ladies, August 2015

 

Arum maculatum. (more…)

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Bistort #plants

Posted by on Aug 19, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer, Wild Clary | 0 comments

Flowers, Wild Clary, August 2015

Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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