The shrinking pond #nature

Posted by on Aug 18, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Pond, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

General, pond, August 2015

 

Picture taken August 3.

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‘The Hawkish Complex’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 17, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, August 2015

 

Probably a hawkbit, hawksbeard or hawkweed. (more…)

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‘Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable;

Posted by on Aug 16, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

General, trees, August 2015

 

‘With the possible exception of a moose singing “Embraceable You” in spats’. (more…)

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Among the Brambles #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 15, 2015 in 2015, August, Bramble, Butterflies, Flowers, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, August 2015

 

Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia, resting in Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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St John’s Wort #plants

Posted by on Aug 14, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, St John's Wort, August 2015

 

Puzzled by the leaves, perhaps Hypericum tetrapterum – Square-stalked St John’s Wort. (more…)

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Hemp-agrimony #plants

Posted by on Aug 13, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Hemp Agrimony, Summer | 0 comments

Flowers, Hemp-agrimony, August, 2015

 

Eupatorium cannabinum. (more…)

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Almost gone #plants

Posted by on Aug 12, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Ragged Robin, Summer | 0 comments

 
 

Flowers, Ragged Robin, August 2015

 

Ragged Robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi. (more…)

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The great plains #grasses

Posted by on Aug 11, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Grass, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

General, east ride, August 2015

 

The luxuriant east ride. (more…)

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Wood Burdock #plants

Posted by on Aug 10, 2015 in 2015, August, Burdocks, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Burdock, provisional identification, August 2015

 

Arctium nemorosum, provisional identification. (more…)

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One of the Crambinae #insects

Posted by on Aug 9, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

Insects, Moths, unidentified, August 2015

 

Probably one of the grass moth family. (more…)

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The deep south #nature

Posted by on Aug 8, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, Rides, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

General, west ride, August 2015

 

Looking across the right-of-way from the west ride. (more…)

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A coat of many colours #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 7, 2015 in 2015, August, Butterflies, Insects, Peacock, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Peacock, August 2015

 

Peacock, Inachis io. (more…)

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