‘Codlins and cream’ or ‘apple pie’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 4, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, Great Willowherb, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Great Willowherb, July 2016

 

Two of the vernacular names for Great Willowherb – perhaps because the bruised plant smells like boiled apples. (more…)

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Ripening fruit #plants

Posted by on Aug 3, 2016 in 2016, July, Spindle, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, July 2016

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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Common Centaury #plants

Posted by on Aug 2, 2016 in 2016, Common Centaury, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Common Centaury, July 2016

 

Centaurium erythraea. (more…)

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‘Sing the honey bees’ #bees

Posted by on Aug 1, 2016 in 2016, Apis mellifera, Bee, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

\insects, Honey Bee, provisional identification, July 2016

 

From ‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell‘ by William Blake. (more…)

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Crack Willow #plants

Posted by on Jul 31, 2016 in 2016, Crack Willow, General, July, Pond, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Crack Willow, July 2016

 

Salix fragilis fringing the east bank of the pond. (more…)

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Elizabeth I’s favourite stewing herb #plants

Posted by on Jul 30, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, July, Meadowsweet, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Meadowsweet, July 2016

 

Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria, a favourite of Gloriana, according to Baker. (more…)

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A woodland summer’s day #nature

Posted by on Jul 29, 2016 in 2016, Clearing, General, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, July 2016

 

Looking skywards from the clearing. (more…)

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Frayed #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 28, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, Insects, July, Ringlet, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Ringlet, July 2016

 

A dishevelled Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus. (more…)

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Pignut #plants

Posted by on Jul 27, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, July, Pignut, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Pignut, provisional identification, July 2016

 

Conopodium majus, provisional identification. (more…)

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Buff-tail #bumblebees

Posted by on Jul 26, 2016 in 2016, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2016

 

Bombus terrestris, provisional identification. (more…)

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Cure for sores and ulcers #plants

Posted by on Jul 25, 2016 in 2016, Common Ragwort, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Ragwort, July 2016

 

Ragwort is dedicated to St James, says Stevens, and was used to treat ailments common among pilgrims to whom the saint was patron (more…)

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Roe deer in the morning #wildlife

Posted by on Jul 24, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, July, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, July 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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