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

Posted by on Sep 13, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Bramble, Flowers, Plants, September | 0 comments

 

 

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

Posted by on Sep 12, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Butterflies, September, Speckled Wood | 0 comments

 

 

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

Posted by on Sep 11, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Hawthorn, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, September 2016

 

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

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Late summer or early autumn 1 #plants

Posted by on Sep 10, 2016 in 2016, Ash, Autumn, Birch, Plants, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

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

Posted by on Sep 9, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Flowers, September, Water Mint | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Water Mint, September 2016

 

The rides are full of Mentha aquatica. (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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‘Acorns were good until bread was found’ #plants

Posted by on Oct 3, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Oak, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, September 2015

 

Quercus robur and a quote attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. (more…)

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Colours of a woodland floor #plants #fungi

Posted by on Oct 2, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fungi, Moss, September, Turkeytail, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Turkeytail, Moss, unidentified, September 2015

 

Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor, and possibly the moss Mnium hornum. (more…)

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‘It is old, but the trees are young …’ #plants

Posted by on Oct 1, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, Rides, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

General, East Ride, September 2015

 

From ‘The Green Roads’ by Edward Thomas. (more…)

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