Common Spotted Orchid #plants

Posted by on Jul 8, 2016 in 2016, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, July, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 
 

Plants, Common Spotted Orchid, July 2016

 

Close-up of the still plentiful Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (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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‘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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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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Common Spotted Orchid #plants

Posted by on Jun 27, 2016 in 2016, Common Spotted Orchid, Flowers, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Common Spotted Orchid, June 2016

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (more…)

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Marsh Thistle and visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jun 24, 2016 in 2016, Episyrphus balteatus, Flowers, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Marsh Thistle, Insect, June 2016

 

Possibly a Flower Fly, Episyrphus balteatus, on Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Bittersweet #plants

Posted by on Jun 22, 2016 in 2016, Bittersweet, Flowers, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bittersweet, June 2016

 

Also known as Woody Nightshade. (more…)

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Good for dressing cuts and wounds #plants

Posted by on Jun 20, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, Hedge Woundwort, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Hedge Woundwort, June 2016

 

Hedge Woundwort has a long history of use in herbalism. (more…)

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A welcome re-appearance #flowers

Posted by on Jun 17, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, Greater Butterfly Orchid, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Greater Butterfly Orchid, June 2016

 

Greater Butterfly Orchid, detail. (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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Yellow Pimpernel #plants

Posted by on Jun 12, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, May, Spring, Yellow Pimpernel | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Yellow Pimpernel, May 2016

 

Lysimachia nemorum. (more…)

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Wood Forget-me-not #plants

Posted by on Jun 10, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, May, Spring, Wood Forget-me-not | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Forget-me-not, May 2016

 

Myosotis sylvatica. (more…)

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