Ground Elder

Posted by on Jul 20, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, Ground Elder, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ground Elder, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Looks like Aegopodium podagraria. (more…)

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Flowering Fog

Posted by on Jul 19, 2014 in 2014, Grass, July, Provisional identification, Summer, Yorkshire Fog | 0 comments

 

 

Grass, Yorkshire Fog, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Looks like Holcus lanatus, Yorkshire Fog. (more…)

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Summertime Blues

Posted by on Jul 18, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, July, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 
Flowers, unidentified, July 2014

 

I’m not sure what this is – could be a vetch from the leaves (see below). (more…)

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Stately plant

Posted by on Jul 17, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, July, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Marsh Thistle, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Probably Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Height of summer

Posted by on Jul 16, 2014 in 2014, Butterflies, Gatekeeper, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Gatekeeper, July 2014

 

Gatekeeper, Maniola tithonius. (more…)

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Looks like a Longhorn

Posted by on Jul 15, 2014 in 2014, Insects, July, Longhorn, Provisional identification, Strangalia maculata, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Longhorn, July 2014

 

Possibly Strangalia maculata on brambles near the pond. (more…)

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Walking on sunshine

Posted by on Jul 14, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, July, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Hairy St John's-wort, July 2014

 

Happy Birthday, Ellen! (more…)

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Meadow Brown

Posted by on Jul 13, 2014 in 2014, Butterflies, July, Meadow Brown, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Meadow Brown, July 2014

 

Looks like a rather dishevelled Maniola jurtina. (more…)

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Seeds of Yggdrasil perhaps

Posted by on Jul 12, 2014 in 2014, Ash, General, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Ash, July 2014

 

In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil was the immense tree of life, in many sources an Ash. (more…)

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In the pink

Posted by on Jul 11, 2014 in 2014, Bramble, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, July 2014

 

Bramble flowers. (more…)

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‘A sure cure for seasickness …

Posted by on Jul 10, 2014 in 2014, General, June, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, June 2014

 

… is to sit under a tree.’ (more…)

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Nectar of life

Posted by on Jul 9, 2014 in 2014, Bramble, Flowers, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Meliscaeva cinctella, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, insect, Bramble, Hover Fly, June 2014

 

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus, an important source of food for a wide variety of insects. (more…)

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