Hover or Flower fly #insects

Posted by on Jul 20, 2015 in 2015, Eristalis arbustorum, Hover Fly, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hoverfly, July 2014

 

Eristalis arbustorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘Of splendour in the grass’

Posted by on Jul 5, 2015 in 2015, Grass, June, Provisional identification, Summer, Yorkshire Fog | 0 comments

 

 

Grass, Yorkshire Fog, provisional identification, June 2015

 

There’s an abundance of flowering grasses so a line from Wordsworth’s poem of the same name captures the fleeting moment. (more…)

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Remote Sedge

Posted by on Jun 20, 2015 in 2015, May, Provisional identification, Remote Sedge, Sedge, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Sedge, Remote Sedge, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Carex remota, provisional identification. (more…)

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Marsh Thistle

Posted by on Jun 19, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Marsh Thistle, May, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Marsh Thistle, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Cirsium palustre. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Yellow Pimpernel

Posted by on Jun 11, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, May, Provisional identification, Spring, Yellow Pimpernel | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Yellow Pimpernel, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Lysimachia nemorum, provisional identification. Could be Lysimachia nummularia – Creeping Jenny. (more…)

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Pendulous Sedge

Posted by on May 28, 2015 in 2015, May, Pendulous Sedge, Provisional identification, Sedge, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Sedge, Pendulous, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Carex pendula, provisional identification. (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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Cardinal Beetle

Posted by on May 16, 2015 in 2015, Cardinal Beetle, Insects, May, Provisional identification, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Indsect, Cardinal Beetle, May 2015

 

Pyrochroa serraticornis, provisional identification. (more…)

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Apple blossom time

Posted by on May 12, 2015 in 2015, April, Crab Apple, Provisional identification, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Crab Apple, April 2015

 

The first time I’ve seen this tree in flower, so I hope I’m right in thinking it’s a Crab Apple. (more…)

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Glistening Inkcap

Posted by on Apr 18, 2015 in 2015, April, Fungi, Glistening Inkcap, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Glistening Inkcap, provisional identification, April 2015

 

Coprinus micaceus. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Better late than never

Posted by on Apr 11, 2015 in 2015, Amphibians, April, Common Frog, Pond Skater, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Amphibian, Insect, Spawn, Pond Skater

 

Around a month later than last year, the reappearance of clumps of frog spawn in an overflow pool by the pond. (more…)

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Xanthoria polycarpa

Posted by on Apr 2, 2015 in 2015, Lichen, March, Provisional identification, Spring, Xanthoria polycarpa | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Xanthoria polycarpa, provisional identification, March 2015

 

Foliose lichen, provisional identification. (more…)

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