Spring has sprung

Posted by on Mar 11, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March 2015

 

Real feeling of Spring in the wood with buzzard, roe deer, pheasant all spotted along with Brimstone and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and … (more…)

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‘How closely he twineth, how tight he clings …’

Posted by on Mar 7, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Ivy, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, February 2015

 

From The Ivy Green by Charles Dickens. (more…)

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Multiplying Primroses

Posted by on Feb 26, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, February 2015

 

Hoping for a good year of Primula vulgaris, a few more flowering on the east ride, lots more to come. (more…)

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Another harbinger of Spring

Posted by on Feb 23, 2015 in 2015, Dog's Mercury, February, Flowers, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dog's Mercury, February 2015

 

Dog’s Mercury, Mercurialis perennis. (more…)

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Early Purple Orchid

Posted by on Feb 20, 2015 in 2015, Early Purple Orchid, February, Flowers, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Early Purple Orchid, February 2015

 

The blotched leaves of Orchis mascula push themselves into the world. (more…)

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Hurrah – first primrose!

Posted by on Feb 16, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Primrose, Winter | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, primrose, February 2015

 

A lone Primula vulgaris heralding Spring on the east ride. (more…)

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Rooted in the Anglo-Saxon

Posted by on Feb 13, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lords and Ladies, February 2015

 

Stevens says Cuckoo Pint is from cucu meaning ‘lively’ and pintle meaning ‘a vertical projecting pin.’ (more…)

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Wood Spurge

Posted by on Feb 6, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Winter, Wood spurge | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Spurge, February 2015

 

Euphorbia amygdaloides. (more…)

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Signs of Spring

Posted by on Jan 31, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, January 2015

 

Already plenty of Primroses in evidence, this on the north ride. (more…)

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Bird food

Posted by on Jan 30, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Ivy, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, January 2015

 

Berries of the Common Ivy, Hedera helix, can be a source of food for birds such as wood pigeons, thrushes and their young in spring. (more…)

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‘The Frost performs its secret ministry’

Posted by on Jan 24, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Thistle, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistle, January 2015

 

From Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (more…)

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A wintry wood

Posted by on Jan 23, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Herb Robert, January, Winter | 0 comments

 
Flowers, Herb Robert, January 2015

 

Temperatures around zero, frost, ice and a clear blue sky. Finally felt like winter. (more…)

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