Distant Skipper #butterflies

Posted by on Jun 16, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, June, Large Skipper, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Skipper, June 2016

 

Looks like a Large Skipper. (more…)

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To speed you on your way #plants

Posted by on Jun 15, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, Germander Speedwell, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Germander Speedwell, June, 2016

 

Germander Speedwell, considered a good luck charm for travellers. (more…)

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Fox #wildlife

Posted by on Jun 14, 2016 in 2016, Fauna, Fox, June, Mammals, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, June 2016

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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Bramble flower

Posted by on Jul 13, 2015 in 2015, Bramble, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, July 2015

 

Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Marsh Bedstraw

Posted by on Jul 12, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, June, Marsh Bedstraw, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Marsh-bedstraw, June 2015

 

Galium palustre, late on site as needed help with identification. (more…)

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Full-colour Brock

Posted by on Jul 6, 2015 in 2015, Badger, Fauna, June, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Fauna, Badger, June 2015

 

After a succession of poor night-time photos, we finally get one in the late evening daylight of a badger, Meles meles. (more…)

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‘Of splendour in the grass’

Posted by on Jul 5, 2015 in 2015, Grass, June, Provisional identification, Summer, Yorkshire Fog | 0 comments

 

 

Grass, Yorkshire Fog, provisional identification, June 2015

 

There’s an abundance of flowering grasses so a line from Wordsworth’s poem of the same name captures the fleeting moment. (more…)

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‘ … as empty spaces also become orchids …’

Posted by on Jul 4, 2015 in 2015, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, June 2015

 

From ‘Wild Orchids‘ by Colin Carpenter. (more…)

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Unique among UK butterflies

Posted by on Jul 3, 2015 in 2015, Butterflies, Insects, June, Speckled Wood, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Speckled Wood, June 2015

 

Speackled Wood is the only butterfly of the British Isles that can overwinter in 2 stages, as both a larva and pupa. (more…)

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‘Lion’s tooth’

Posted by on Jul 2, 2015 in 2015, Dandelion, Flowers, Insects, June, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dandelion, June 2015

 

The common name Dandelion is said to derive from the French, ‘dent de lion‘. (more…)

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Covered in pollen

Posted by on Jul 1, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus sylvestris, Bumblebee, Insects, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Buff-tailed, provisional identification, June 2015

 

First recording of a Forest Cuckoo bumblebee, Bombus sylvestris. (more…)

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‘Buds that open only to decay …’

Posted by on Jun 30, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, June, Seeds, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, June 2015

 

Even in Summer … a line from ‘Flowers‘  by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (more…)

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