Bramble eater #wildlife

Posted by on May 27, 2016 in 2016, Mammals, May, Muntjac, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Muntjac, May 2016

 

One of the most important foods for Muntjac deer, Muntiacus reevesi, says The Mammal Society. (more…)

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Fox by night #wildlife

Posted by on May 26, 2016 in 2016, Fox, Mammals, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, May 2016

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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First butterfly of the year #insects

Posted by on May 16, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, May, Orange Tip, Spring, Uncategorized | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Orange Tip, May 2016

 

There have been Brimstones on the wing but this is the first butterfly that stayed to be photographed, a female Orange Tip. (more…)

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Rabbit #wildlife

Posted by on May 7, 2016 in 2016, April, Fauna, Rabbit, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, April 2016

 

Oryctolagus cuniculus. (more…)

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Fox #wildlife

Posted by on May 6, 2016 in 2016, April, Fauna, Fox, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, April 2016

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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The UK’s commonest pigeon #birds

Posted by on May 5, 2016 in 2016, April, Birds, Fauna, Pigeon, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Wood Pigeon, April 2016

 

And also, says the RSPB, the largest – Woodpigeon, Columba palumbus. (more…)

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Roe Deer hind #wildlife

Posted by on May 4, 2016 in 2016, April, Deer, Fauna, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, April 2016

 

Nice to have a remote camera back in action. (more…)

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Brown-lipped snail #wildlife

Posted by on May 2, 2016 in 2016, April, Brown-lipped snail, Mollusc, Snail, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Mollusc, Brown-lipped snail, provisional identification, April 2016

 

Cepaea nemoralis. Provisional identification. (more…)

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April wake-up call #insects

Posted by on Apr 28, 2016 in 2016, April, Insects, Pond Skater, Spring, Uncategorized | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Common Pond Skater, April 2016

 

The Common Pond Skater emerges from hibernation from April onwards. (more…)

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Tree guard living #spiders

Posted by on Apr 13, 2016 in 2016, April, Spider, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, April 2016

 

An unidentified spider has taken up residence in one of the tree guards. (more…)

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‘But best of all was the warm thick slobber of frogspawn that grew like clotted water’ #wildlife

Posted by on Apr 12, 2016 in 2016, Amphibians, April, Common Frog, Fauna, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, frogs, April 2016

 

From Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney (more…)

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Nest hunting #bumblebee

Posted by on Mar 28, 2016 in 2016, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, March 2016

 

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, usually the first Bumblebee to emerge in the spring, diligently searching. (more…)

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