Bittersweet or Woody Nightshade #plants

Posted by on Aug 6, 2015 in 2015, August, Bittersweet, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bittersweet, August 2015

 

Solanum dulcamara. (more…)

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‘To search the dwellings of the deer’ #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 5, 2015 in 2015, August, Deer, Fauna, Roe, Summer | 2 comments

 

 

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August is off to a good start with a Roe deer hind, Capreolus capreolus, and kid by the pond. (more…)

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The (almost) all-seeing eye #wildlife

Posted by on Aug 4, 2015 in 2015, Fauna, July, Rabbit, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, July 2015

 

Rabbits can see everything behind them and only have a small blind-spot in front of their nose says OneKind.org (more…)

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One of the biggest in the UK #hover flies

Posted by on Aug 3, 2015 in 2015, Insects, July, Summer, Volucella pellucens | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hover fly, Volucella pellucens, July 2015

 

For more on the Pellucid hover fly, Volucella pellucens, see Nature Spot. (more…)

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Now here’s a thought … #sunshine

Posted by on Aug 2, 2015 in 2015, General, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

General, July 2015

 

“Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy.” ― C.S. Lewis. (more…)

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‘My feet took a walk in heavenly grass’ #grasses

Posted by on Aug 1, 2015 in 2015, August, Grass, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

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From Heavenly Grass by Tennessee Williams – the wood is the domain of flowering grasses. (more…)

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Skipper #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 31, 2015 in 2015, Butterflies, Insects, July, Large Skipper, Provisional identification, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Large Skipper, provisional identification, July 2015

 

Ochlodes sylvanus, Large Skipper, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘You better not fool with a Bumblebee!’ #bees

Posted by on Jul 30, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2015

 

A line from The Bumblebee by James Whitcomb Riley. (more…)

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Gentian family member #flowers

Posted by on Jul 29, 2015 in 2015, Common Centaury, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Centaury, July 2015

 

Centaury, Centaurium erythraea. (more…)

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Silver-washed Fritillary #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 28, 2015 in 2015, Bramble, Butterflies, Flowers, Insects, July, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, July 2015

 

Argynnis paphia on Bramble flower, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Heart of the Earth, Herb Carpenter, Hercules Woundwort #flowers

Posted by on Jul 27, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, July, Self-heal, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Self-heal, July 2015

 

All names for Prunella vulgaris, Self-heal. (more…)

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One in more than 280 #insects

Posted by on Jul 26, 2015 in 2015, Eristalis interruptus, Hover Fly, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hover fly, July 2015

 

Hover fly – there are nearly 300 types found in the UK (more…)

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