On the move #insects

Posted by on Aug 19, 2016 in 2016, Apis mellifera, August, Bee, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Honey Bee, August 2016

 

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera. (more…)

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‘Nature rarer uses yellow …’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 18, 2016 in 2016, August, Common Hawkweed, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Hawkweed, provisional identification, August 2016

 

From the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson. (more…)

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Far east #nature

Posted by on Aug 17, 2016 in 2016, August, General, Rides, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, rides, August 2016

 

Looking east from the north ride across the boundary ditch. (more…)

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Betony #plants

Posted by on Aug 16, 2016 in 2016, August, Betony, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Betony, August 2016

 

Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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Awash with silver #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 15, 2016 in 2016, August, Butterflies, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Silver-Washed Fritillaries, August 2016

 

Silver-washed Fritillaries, Argynnis paphia. (more…)

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Lords and Ladies #plants

Posted by on Aug 14, 2016 in 2016, August, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Lords and Ladies, August 2016

 

Arum maculatum. (more…)

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A hint of autumn fruit #plants

Posted by on Aug 13, 2016 in 2016, August, Bramble, Flowers, Summer, Uncategorized | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Bramble, August 2016

 

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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‘But there is no road through the woods’ #nature

Posted by on Aug 12, 2016 in 2016, August, General, Rides, Summer | 0 comments

 

Trees, general, August 2016

 

From Kipling’s ‘The Way Through the Woods‘. (more…)

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Burdock #plants

Posted by on Aug 11, 2016 in 2016, August, Burdocks, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Burdock, August 2016

 

Variety Arctium minus, provisional identification. (more…)

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Handy arrival #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in 2016, August, Butterflies, Insects, Red Admiral, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Red Admiral, August 2016

 

First Red Admiral I’d seen in the wood and it obligingly sat on my hand for ages. Fab! (more…)

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A summer’s evening #nature

Posted by on Aug 9, 2016 in 2016, General, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Wood, general, July 2016

 

Leaving the copse, looking north-west. (more…)

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Stalked #frogs #insects

Posted by on Aug 8, 2016 in 2016, Amphibians, Common Frog, Fly, Insects, July, Phaonia pallida, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Amphibian, Frog, July 2016

 

A tiny frog, Rana temporaria, which could have fitted on a 50p coin, apparently eyeing a fly, possibly Phaonia pallida. (more…)

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