Field Cuckoo Bumblebee

Posted by on Jun 5, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, May, Spring, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Bombus campestris, not Bombus terrestris as I had provisionally identified, on thistle. (more…)

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Ragged Robin

Posted by on Jun 4, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Ragged Robin, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ragged Robin, May 2015

 

Lychnis flos-cuculi. (more…)

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White Bugle, Woundwort or what?

Posted by on May 31, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, May 2015

 

Looks like a lot of things but doesn’t seem to fit anywhere! Help appreciated. (more…)

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Bugle’s blues

Posted by on May 30, 2015 in 2015, Bugle, Flowers, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bugle, May 2015

 

Ajuga reptans. (more…)

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The plant labelled “rank”

Posted by on May 29, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Ramsons, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, Ramsons, May 2015

 

Ramsons, the common name deriving from the Anglo-Saxon hramsa meaning rank, asserts Stevens. (more…)

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Wood Forget-me-not

Posted by on May 27, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Spring, Wood Forget-me-not | 0 comments

Flowers, Wood Forget-me-not, May 2015

 

Myosotis sylvatica. (more…)

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Ground Ivy

Posted by on May 26, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Ground Ivy, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ground Ivy, May 2015

 

Glechoma hederacea. (more…)

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Mother Shimbles’ snick needles, Thunderbolts, Snapjacks …

Posted by on May 25, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Greater Stitchwort, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Greater Stichwort, May 2015

 

All names for Greater Stichwort, Stellaria holostea, according to Baker. (more…)

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Ground level

Posted by on May 22, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Provisional identification, Snail, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Opposite -leaved Golden-saxifrage, May 2015

 

Snail, Cepaea nemoralis (provisional identification) within Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. (more…)

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Getting close to Archangel

Posted by on May 21, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Spring, Yellow Archangel | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Yellow Archangel, May 2015

 

Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Yellow Archangel. (more…)

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Wild strawberry

Posted by on May 19, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Spring, Wild Strawberry | 0 comments

  

Flowers, Wild Strawberry, May 2015

 

Fragaria vesca. (more…)

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Bugle

Posted by on May 18, 2015 in 2015, Bugle, Flowers, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bugle, May 2015

 

Plenty of Ajuga reptans throughout the wood. (more…)

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