The word ‘Badger’ was first recorded in about 1523, says the OED, probably deriving from “< badge n. + ‑ard suffix, so called with reference to the white mark borne like a badge on its forehead.”
Picture of Meles meles taken by remote camera on July 3.
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‘Beggars’ buttons’, one name for the hooked seeds of Lesser Burdock, Arctium minus.
Picture taken July 17.
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White Clover, Trifolium repens, and a line from ‘Honey Harvest‘ by Martin Armstrong.
Picture taken July 17.
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A Tapered Drone Fly, Eristalis pertinax, I think, on Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris.
Picture taken July 17.
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Cirsium vulgare.
Picture taken on July 17.
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Maniola jurtina.
Picture taken on July 17.
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Cirsium arvense, apparently the UK’s most common thistle but the first time I’ve seen it in the wood.
Picture taken July 17.
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Bombus terrestris.
Picture taken July 17.
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Coccinella septempunctata.
Picture taken July 17.
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Lotus corniculatus.
Picture taken July 17.
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Possibly Agriphila straminella a type of Grass Moth.
Picture taken July 17.
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Centaurea nigra.
Picture taken July 17.
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