Who’s the Daddy? #plants

Posted by on Jun 17, 2017 in 2017, Burdocks, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Greater Burdock, June 2017

 

The main leaf on this Greater Burdock was approx 68cm long and 43cm wide. (more…)

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Tree Bumblebee #bees

Posted by on Jun 16, 2017 in 2017, Bombus hypnorum, Bumblebee, June, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bees, Tree Bumblebee, provisional identification, June 2017

 

Bombus hypnorum. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Ragged Robin #wildflowers

Posted by on Jun 15, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, June, Ragged Robin, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ragged Robin, June 2017

 

A first June – and Summer – visit and the first Lychnis flos-cuculi are appearing on the rides. (more…)

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Roe Deer #wildlife

Posted by on Jun 14, 2017 in 2017, Deer, June, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, June 2017

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Cornered #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 6, 2016 in 2016, Fauna, June, Mammals, Rabbit, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, June 2016

 

Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. (more…)

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‘The wild deer wandering here and there … #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 5, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, June, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, June 2016

 

‘Keeps the human soul from care ‘– from William Blake’s, Auguries Of Innocence. (more…)

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Eye to eye #birds

Posted by on Jul 4, 2016 in 2016, Birds, Grey Heron, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Heron, June 2016

 

A Heron, Ardea cinerea, gets up close to the remote camera. (more…)

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‘The numberless, the lonely,’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 3, 2016 in 2016, Common Nettle, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

Plants, Common Nettle, June 2016

 

From A E Housman’s ‘The Stinging Nettle‘. (more…)

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Visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jul 2, 2016 in 2016, Grass, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Plant, Insect, Flower Fly, Grass, June 2016

 

Possibly a type of flower or hover fly on a species of meadow or oat grass. (more…)

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‘Here is the fern’s frond, unfurling a gesture’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 1, 2016 in 2016, Creeping Buttercup, Fern, June, Lady Fern, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Fern and Creeping Buttercup, June 2016

 

Lady Fern, Athyrium filix-femina, provisional identification, with the ‘gesture’ Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens. (more…)

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Tortoise bug #insects

Posted by on Jun 30, 2016 in 2016, Eurygaster testudinaria, Insects, June, Provisional identification, Shieldbug, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Shield Bug, provisional identification, June 2016

 

A type of Shieldbug, also known as a Stink Bug. (more…)

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Bramble #plants

Posted by on Jun 29, 2016 in 2016, Bramble, Flowers, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Bramble, June 2016

 

With the thistles starting to flower alongside Rubus fruticosus, nectar supplies will increase rapidly. (more…)

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