Handy arrival #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in 2016, August, Butterflies, Insects, Red Admiral, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Red Admiral, August 2016

 

First Red Admiral I’d seen in the wood and it obligingly sat on my hand for ages. Fab! (more…)

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Who you looking at? #wildlife

Posted by on Sep 4, 2015 in 2015, August, Fauna, Rabbit, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, rabbits, August 2015

 

Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus. (more…)

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Water Mint #plants

Posted by on Sep 3, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Plants, Summer, Water Mint | 0 comments

 
 

Flowers, Water Mint, August 2015

 

Mentha aquatica. (more…)

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Creeping Thistle #plants

Posted by on Sep 2, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Creeping Thistle, provisonal identification, August 2015

 

Cirsium arvense. Provisional identification. (more…)

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‘O silver one, O silver one’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 1, 2015 in 2015, August, Birch, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, August, 2015

 

From The Silver Birch by Herbert Asquith. (more…)

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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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