The Latin name, Pulicaria dysenterica, comes from the plant’s reputed ability to ward off fleas.
Picture taken 28th August.
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Muntiacus reevesii.
Picture taken by remote camera on 31st July.
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Mentha aquatica.
Picture taken August 28.
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Pieris napi.
Picture taken August 11.
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Celastrina argiolus.
Picture taken August 11.
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Volucella pellucens, one of the largest flies in Britain.
Picture taken August 11.
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I usually see the red berries of a Guelder Rose, Viburnum opulus, in the autumn.
Picture taken August 11.
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The word ‘Badger’ was first recorded in about 1523, says the OED, probably deriving from “< badge n. + ‑ard suffix, so called with reference to the white mark borne like a badge on its forehead.”
Picture of Meles meles taken by remote camera on July 3.
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‘Beggars’ buttons’, one name for the hooked seeds of Lesser Burdock, Arctium minus.
Picture taken July 17.
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White Clover, Trifolium repens, and a line from ‘Honey Harvest‘ by Martin Armstrong.
Picture taken July 17.
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A Tapered Drone Fly, Eristalis pertinax, I think, on Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris.
Picture taken July 17.
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Cirsium vulgare.
Picture taken on July 17.
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