Helping users to see like a hawk #plants

Posted by on Jul 23, 2016 in 2016, Common Hawkweed, Flowers, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Common Hawkweed, provisional identification, July 2016

 

A Hawkweed, used in medicines to help improve vision, says Stevens. (more…)

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Marsh Bedstraw #plants

Posted by on Jul 21, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, July, Marsh Bedstraw, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Marsh Bedstraw, July 2016

 

Galium palustre. (more…)

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‘Overhead the tree-tops meet …’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 20, 2016 in 2016, General, July, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, July 2016

 

A line from the poem of the same name by Robert Browning. (more…)

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Meadow Vetchling #plants

Posted by on Jul 19, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, July, Meadow Vetchling, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Meadow Vetchling, July 2016

 

Lathyrus pratensis. (more…)

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Flower fly and Bramble #insects #plants

Posted by on Jul 18, 2016 in 2016, Bramble, Flowers, Hover Fly, July, Meliscaeva cinctella, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Flower Fly, July 2016

 

Meliscaeva cinctella, provisional identification, on Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Minted #plants

Posted by on Jul 17, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, July, Mint, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Mint, July 2016

 

Abundant Mentha on the damp east ride. (more…)

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Pretty in pink #plants

Posted by on Jul 16, 2016 in 2016, Bramble, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, July 2016

 

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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‘It was the time of roses’ #plants

Posted by on Jul 14, 2016 in 2016, Field Rose, Flowers, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Field Rose, July 2016

 

From Time Of Roses by Thomas Hood. (more…)

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St John’s Wort #plants

Posted by on Jul 12, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, July, Provisional identification, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, St John's Wort, July 2016

 

Hypericum perforatum, provisional identification. (more…)

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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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Visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jul 2, 2016 in 2016, Grass, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Plant, Insect, Flower Fly, Grass, June 2016

 

Possibly a type of flower or hover fly on a species of meadow or oat grass. (more…)

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