The gold and the silver #flowers

Posted by on Jul 16, 2015 in 2015, Birch, Creeping Buttercup, Flowers, July, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Creeping Buttercup, July 2015

 

Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens, and fallen Silver Birch,Betula Pendula . (more…)

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Bramble flower

Posted by on Jul 13, 2015 in 2015, Bramble, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, July 2015

 

Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Marsh Bedstraw

Posted by on Jul 12, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, June, Marsh Bedstraw, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Marsh-bedstraw, June 2015

 

Galium palustre, late on site as needed help with identification. (more…)

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From sun god to saint

Posted by on Jul 9, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, July, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, St Johns Wort, July 2015

 

St John’s Wort, first the flower of the Norse god Balder and later dedicated to St John, says Baker. (more…)

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‘ … as empty spaces also become orchids …’

Posted by on Jul 4, 2015 in 2015, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, June 2015

 

From ‘Wild Orchids‘ by Colin Carpenter. (more…)

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‘Lion’s tooth’

Posted by on Jul 2, 2015 in 2015, Dandelion, Flowers, Insects, June, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dandelion, June 2015

 

The common name Dandelion is said to derive from the French, ‘dent de lion‘. (more…)

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‘Buds that open only to decay …’

Posted by on Jun 30, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, June, Seeds, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, June 2015

 

Even in Summer … a line from ‘Flowers‘  by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (more…)

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Ragged by name

Posted by on Jun 28, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, June, Ragged Robin, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ragged Robin, June 2015

 

Ragged Robin – its common name is probably simply due to it being a red flowered plant with deeply divided ‘ragged’ petals, suggests Stevens. (more…)

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Hedge Nettle or Hedge Woundwort

Posted by on Jun 26, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Hedge Woundwort, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Hedge Woundwort, June 2015

 

Stachys sylvatica. (more…)

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Tree bumblebee

Posted by on Jun 25, 2015 in 2015, Bombus hypnorum, Bumblebee, Flowers, Insects, June, Marsh Thistle, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Tree bumblebee, June 2015

 

Bombus hypnorum on Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Common Spotted Orchid

Posted by on Jun 24, 2015 in 2015, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, June 2015

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (more…)

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Nymph protection

Posted by on Jun 23, 2015 in 2015, Cuckoo Spit, Flowers, Froghopper, June, Marsh Thistle, Summer | 2 comments

 

 

Insect, Froghopper, June 2015

 

First June visit and while the rides are dominated by Common Spotted Orchid, Creeping Buttercup and Ragged Robin it’s Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre, many more than 2m tall, that rule the clearing. (more…)

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