Ready to coppice #plants

 

 

Trees, Hazel, September 2016

 

Hazel, Corylus avellana. (more…)

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Fleabane #plants

 

 

Plants, Fleabane, September 2016

 

Pulicaria dysenterica. (more…)

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Waiting for the rains #nature

 

 

Ditch, general, September 2016

 

The ditch on the east ride. (more…)

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‘… summer’s blood was in it …’ #plants

 

 

Plants, Bramble, September 2016

 

Seamus Heaney on eating a first Blackberry in Blackberry-Picking. (more…)

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Second or third brood #insects #butterflies

 

 

Butterflies, Speckled Wood, September 2016

 

Plenty of Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria, on the rides. (more…)

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Late summer or early autumn 2 #plants

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, September 2016

 

Plenty of fruit on this Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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Late summer or early autumn 1 #plants

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, Ash, September 2016

 

After an overcast, almost autumnal, feel to the morning, it turned into a glorious day. (more…)

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Water Mint #plants

 

 

Plants, Water Mint, September 2016

 

The rides are full of Mentha aquatica. (more…)

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A Muntjac goes by #wildlife

 

 

Fauna, Muntjac, November 2015

 

Evidence of Muntiacus reevesi, although a frontal view would have been even nicer! (more…)

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A coat of many colours #nature

 

 

General, pond, November 2015

 

The pond, looking north. (more…)

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Sulphur Tuft #fungi

 

 

Fungi, Sulphur Tuft, provisional identification, November 2015

 

Hypholoma fasciculare. Provisional identification. (more…)

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‘I saw Winter ‘neath a spindle tree … #plants

 

 

Trees, Spindle, November 2015

 

She plucked berries bright to crown her head.’ (more…)

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