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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New home owner #nature

Posted by on Jan 14, 2016 in 2016, Fly, Haematobosca stimulans, January, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

Insect, Fly, Haematobosca stimulans, January 2016

 

Last month it was snails sheltering behind the remote camera, this time it’s a fly, possibly Haematobosca stimulans. (more…)

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Two’s company #wildlife

Posted by on Jan 5, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, January, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, January 2016

 

Roe deer by the pond. (more…)

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A home of their own #snails

Posted by on Dec 29, 2015 in 2015, December, Mollusc, Snail, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Snails, unidentified, December 2015

 

Two unidentified molluscs follow the example of a spider and make the back of the trail camera a home. (more…)

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‘The Spider as an Artist’ #Spiders

Posted by on Dec 21, 2015 in 2015, December, Spider, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, December 2015

 

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

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