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Image Taken on 22 Jul 2013
at 11:03 Image of day on 08 Sep 2013
One of the two White Satin Moths obliged with a flight for us.
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Image Taken on 20 Jul 2013
at 16:40 Image of day on 08 Sep 2013
This White Satin Moth was hanging like this from a grass seed head
a couple of metres from the moth trap in which we caught another.
We like the pretty black and white ringed legs.
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Image Taken on 14 Aug 2011
at 16:19 Image of day on 01 Oct 2011
We had hoped that the characteristic purple centre flower of 'Wild Carrot'
(also known as 'birds nest' plant)
might show something interesting in Ultra Violet light, but
were disappointed all of the petals on both sides dark in UV
See A survey of British Wildlife in Ultra Violet (UV) Light
This natural light image includes detail showing the centre flower
which takes a different form as well as colour to the white
flowers.
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Image Taken on 10 Jun 2016
at 16:22 Image of day on 24 Jul 2016
A week after the initial flourish of white wild rose, we get the
more conventional pink flowers with much less perfume - even a
whole bush with 100 flowers produces less perfume than a handful
of white flowers in the hedge. The Honey Bee is making the most of the pollen.
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Image Taken on 13 May 2014
at 15:44 Image of day on 08 Jul 2014
Our first Wild Rose (Dog Rose) of the year, the date duly entered at
http://www.phenology.org.uk/
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Image Taken on 03 Jun 2006
at 16:40 Image of day on 11 Jun 2006
Another of the Wild Rose images (without the perfume). We hope
to include this one in a Bud > Flower > Hip animated sequence in
the Autumn.
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Image Taken on 26 May 2019
at 09:59 Image of day on 03 Jul 2019
Wild Roses in the hedge give it some sparkle and wonderful fragrance.
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Image Taken on 26 May 2018
at 17:34 Image of day on 10 Jul 2018
These wonderful wild roses drench several metres around them with their
perfume.
Dog Rose is pleasant but nowhere close in strength.
We recently read that Rose experts say that half of modern roses have no
discernable scent at all - breeders concentrating only on appearance.
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Image Taken on 31 May 2006
at 10:52 Image of day on 07 Jun 2006
The wild roses in the hedge are soaking the air in perfume.
Sorry this pic can only show the flowers and not the scent.
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Image Taken on 23 May 2017
at 17:58 Image of day on 12 Jul 2017
The wild Roses are starting to appear - you smell them before you see them.
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Image Taken on 07 Jun 2013
at 10:57 Image of day on 26 Jul 2013
These white wild rose flowers smell divine even as you walk down
the other side of the hedge! We have a mixture of 'bought' wild rose,
and root stocks of cultivars not controlled by pruning. The pink
varieties have far less aroma.
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Image of day on 21 Jun 2005
The wild roses are flowering in the hedges and making a
wonderful sight and aroma.
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Image of day on 11 Jun 2005
The Wild Rose (Dog Rose) plants in the hedges are beginning to flower
wafting their sweet scent into the air as you walk by.
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Image Taken on 02 Jun 2012
at 12:31 Image of day on 07 Jul 2012
Lots of rain has produced some interesting raindrop patterns, including
this delightful Wild Rose flower. No fiddling - this is how we found it.
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Image Taken on 16 Jun 2013
at 17:58 Image of day on 30 Jul 2013
After the awful Spring the white variant emerged about 2 weeks
later than usual, but this 'Pink' wild rose (the root stock
of a cultivar) arrived around it's usual time of year
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Image of day on 28 Nov 2005
Another from the unusually frosty November morning of some
sort of wild rose showing a hip the birds haven't had yet
and frosty leaves yet to fall.
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Image of day on 30 Sep 2005
The Wild roses produce a profusion of hips.
NOT for human consumption - they are dangerous unless properly
processed, but many animals safely consume them.
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Image Taken on 04 Jun 2016
at 16:33 Image of day on 24 Jul 2016
Our first flush of Wild Roses are always white petalled.
The scent is incredibly strong even metres away from a few flowers.
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Image Taken on 23 May 2017
at 17:59 Image of day on 12 Jul 2017
The wild Roses are starting to appear - you smell them before you see them.
This flower bud is opening
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Image Taken on 06 Jun 2026
at 13:00 Image of day on 21 Jul 2026
Each year we find a few Robin's Pin Cushion on wild rose plants.
These are tiny plant gall caused by a tiny wasp laying an egg.
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