Ready to fruit #plants

Posted by on Aug 29, 2015 in 2015, August, Spindle, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, August 2015

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, with berries that will turn deep pink when ripe. (more…)

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Touch of sunshine #plants

Posted by on Aug 28, 2015 in 2014, August, Common Ragwort, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Ragwort, August 2015

 

Common Ragwort, Senecio jacobaea. (more…)

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Turkeytail #fungi

Posted by on Aug 27, 2015 in 2015, August, Birch, Fungi, Summer, Trees, Turkeytail | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Turkeytail, August 2015

 

Trametes versicolor on fallen Silver Birch. (more…)

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Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by on Aug 25, 2015 in 2015, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Devil's-bit Scabious, August 2015

 

Succisa protensis and unidentified visitor. (more…)

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‘You mighty one of all the trees’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 24, 2015 in 2015, August, Oak, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

Trees, Oak, August 2015

 

A line from The Old Oak Tree by William H Davies. (more…)

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The stillness of #trees #plants

Posted by on Aug 22, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Rides, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, east ride, August 2015

 

A heavily overcast, sultry morning and a sense of brooding pervades the east ride. (more…)

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Lords and Ladies #plants

Posted by on Aug 20, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fliowers, Lords and Ladies, August 2015

 

Arum maculatum. (more…)

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Betony #plants

Posted by on Aug 19, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, Summer, Wild Clary | 0 comments

Flowers, Wild Clary, August 2015

Stachys officinalis. (more…)

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‘The Hawkish Complex’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 17, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, August 2015

 

Probably a hawkbit, hawksbeard or hawkweed. (more…)

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‘Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable;

Posted by on Aug 16, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

General, trees, August 2015

 

‘With the possible exception of a moose singing “Embraceable You” in spats’. (more…)

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Among the Brambles #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 15, 2015 in 2015, August, Bramble, Butterflies, Flowers, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, August 2015

 

Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia, resting in Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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St John’s Wort #plants

Posted by on Aug 14, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Provisional identification, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, St John's Wort, August 2015

 

Puzzled by the leaves, perhaps Hypericum tetrapterum – Square-stalked St John’s Wort. (more…)

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