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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Cock and hen #wildlife

Posted by on Mar 23, 2016 in 2016, Birds, Fauna, March, Pheasant, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, Pheasant, March 2016

 

Pheasants, Phasianus colchicus, near the exit to the copse. (more…)

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Cepaea #snails

Posted by on Mar 1, 2016 in 2016, February, Mollusc, Snail, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Snail, Cepaea, provisional identification, February 2016

 

Empty shell, possibly of Cepaea hortensis or Cepaea nemoralis. (more…)

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‘As a feather is wafted downward’ #nature

Posted by on Feb 4, 2016 in 2016, Birds, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Feather, birds, January 2016

 

From The Day is Done by Longfellow (more…)

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Egg #birds

Posted by on Feb 1, 2016 in 2016, Birds, Fauna, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Egg, birds, January 2016

 

Unknown bird’s egg, not as perfect as it looks as it was holed on the other side and laying in the clearing. (more…)

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Roe deer hind in the frost #wildlife

Posted by on Jan 27, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, January, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, January 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Roe deer buck #wildlife

Posted by on Jan 26, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, January, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, January 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Grey Heron #birds

Posted by on Jan 25, 2016 in 2016, Birds, Fauna, Grey Heron, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Heron, January 2016

 

Ardea cinerea by the pond. (more…)

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Who was more surprised? #wildlife

Posted by on Jan 18, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, January, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, January 2016

 

Probably the Roe hind, which wandered across my path at the top of the west ride before sprinting away. (more…)

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