Threadbare but flying #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 15, 2017 in 2017, August, Butterflies, Insects, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Silver-washed Fritillary, August 2017

 

Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia. (more…)

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Water Mint #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 14, 2017 in 2017, August, Summer, Water Mint | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Water Mint, August 2017

 

Mentha aquatica. (more…)

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I hope a long life awaits … #trees

Posted by on Aug 13, 2017 in 2017, August, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, August 2017

 

A young oak that we planted in March 2014 shows above its tree guard. (more…)

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Elizabethan ruff stiffener #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 12, 2017 in 2017, August, Lords and Ladies, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lords and Ladies, August 2017

 

The starch element of Lords and Ladies, Arum maculatum, was used. (more…)

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Lift off! #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 11, 2017 in 2017, August, Butterflies, Gatekeeper, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Gatekeeper, August 2017

 

Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus. (more…)

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‘Joe Pye weed’ #wildflowers

Posted by on Aug 10, 2017 in 2017, August, Hemp Agrimony, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Hemp Agrimony, August 2017

 

A US name for Hemp Agrimony, named after a Native American medicine man who used it to treat typhus. (more…)

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Gone pickin’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 9, 2017 in 2017, August, Bramble, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Plants, Bramble, August 2017
 

First August visit and very grateful for first Blackberry crop of the year. (more…)

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Roe doe #wildlife

Posted by on Sep 8, 2016 in 2016, August, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, August 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Roebuck #wildlife

Posted by on Sep 7, 2016 in 2016, August, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, August 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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On wings of light #insects

Posted by on Sep 6, 2016 in 2016, August, Common Darter, Dragonfly, Insects, Summer | 2 comments

 

 

Insects. Brown Hawker, provisional identification, August 2016

 

Dragonflies are back around the pond but this was seen in the clearing. (more…)

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Betony #plants

Posted by on Sep 5, 2016 in 2016, August, Betony, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, unidentified, August 2016

 

Thanks to the Creekside Centre, @Creekside_Trust, for identifying Stachys Officinalis. (more…)

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Hover or Flower Fly #insects

Posted by on Sep 4, 2016 in 2016, August, Hover Fly, Insects, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Hover fly, August 2016

 

Possibly Eristalis pertinax. (more…)

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