A promise of life renewed #trees

Posted by on Oct 15, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, October, Pupa, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Ash, October 2015

 

Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, plays host to an unidentified pupa in the rain. (more…)

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‘ … these dark days of autumn rain #trees

Posted by on Oct 14, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, October, Spruce, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spruce, October 2015

 

‘Are beautiful as days can be …’ – lines by Robert Frost. (more…)

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Splash of colour #plants

Posted by on Oct 13, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Black Bryony, October | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Black Bryony, October 2015

 

Black Bryony, Tamus communis, on Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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‘We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!’ #plants

Posted by on Oct 12, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, October, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistle, October 2015

 

A mass of dead thistles and a line attributed to the poet Humbert Wolfe. (more…)

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After the cut back #woods

Posted by on Oct 11, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, October, Rides | 0 comments

 

 

General, west ride, October 2015

 

Cut back after flowers have seeded, above, and before the work, below. (more…)

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‘I saw the brown leaves dropping from their tree’ #trees

Posted by on Oct 10, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Oak, October, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, October 2015

 

From The Falling Leaves by Margaret Postgate Cole (more…)

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Sulphur Tuft #fungi

Posted by on Oct 9, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fungi, October, Provisional identification, Sulphur Tuft | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Sulphur Tuft, provisional identification, October 2015

 

Hypholoma fasciculare, provisional identification. (more…)

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A wet day in the wood #trees

Posted by on Oct 8, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Hawthorn, October, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, October 2015

 

A first October visit and, although it poured down, the Hawthorn haws glowed. (more…)

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Roe Deer buck #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 7, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Deer, Roe, September | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, September 2015

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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With one bound … #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 6, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Deer, Roe, September | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe, September 2015

 

A fast-moving Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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‘It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself’ #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 5, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, September 2015

 

Arachnid of Metellina sp. and words from Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider.’ (more…)

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Common Funnel #fungi

Posted by on Oct 4, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Common Funnel, Fungi, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Common Funnel, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Clitocybe gibba. Provisional identification. (more…)

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