Brimstone #butterflies

Posted by on Mar 13, 2017 in 2017, Brimstone, Butterflies, Insects, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Brimstone, March 2017

 

Having spotted Brimstones on the wing for years and never been able to photograph one, delighted this male stayed still. (more…)

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‘Overhead The Tree-Tops Meet’ #plants

Posted by on Mar 12, 2017 in 2017, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, nature, March 2017

 

The opening line from the poem of the same name by Robert Browning. (more…)

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Spring has sprung #nature

Posted by on Mar 11, 2017 in 2017, Hawthorn, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, March 2017

 

A beautiful day, butterflies, buzzards, frogs, bees, wood mice, Spring flowers and budding trees. (more…)

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A fox goes by #wildlife

Posted by on Mar 10, 2017 in 2017, Fox, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, March 2017

 

Vulpes vulpes by the pond. (more…)

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The art of trees #nature

Posted by on Mar 9, 2017 in 2017, February, Spruce, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, plants, February 2017

 

Felled tree in the clearing, from memory a Spruce, Picea abies. (more…)

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‘Welcome are lands of pine and oak’ #trees

Posted by on Mar 8, 2017 in 2017, February, Oak, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, February 2017

 

From Song of the Broad-Axe by Walt Whitman (more…)

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Ash #trees

Posted by on Mar 7, 2017 in 2017, Ash, February, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Trees, Ash, February 2017

 

Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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‘Nature is what we know’ #trees

Posted by on Mar 6, 2017 in 2017, February, Rides, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

East ride, nature, February 2017

 

From ‘”Nature” Is What We See’ by Emily Dickinson (more…)

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Nest #wildlife

Posted by on Mar 5, 2017 in 2017, February, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Nest, nature, February 2017

 

Found among Brambles that were being cleared. Not sure if it was made by bird or mammal. (more…)

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The obdurate pheasant #birds

Posted by on Mar 4, 2017 in 2017, Birds, February, Pheasant, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Pheasant, February 2017

 

Phasianus colchicus bars the way in to the copse. (more…)

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Scarlet Elf Cup #fungi

Posted by on Mar 3, 2017 in 2017, February, Fungi, Scarlet Elfcup, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Scarlet Elf Cup, February 2017

 

Sarcoscypha coccinea. (more…)

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Dogberry, water elder or snowball tree #plants

Posted by on Mar 2, 2017 in Guelder Rose, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Guelder Rose, February 2017

 

Guelder Rose, Viburnum opulus. (more…)

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