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Image Taken on 28 Aug 2017
at 13:13 Image of day on 15 Oct 2017
This Speckled Wood Butterfly was a fairly cooperative flyer. These are 3
different flights montaged together. The right view is of the 'top' of the wings
while the centre and left images are from below.
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Image Taken on 01 May 2009
at 14:38 Image of day on 23 May 2009
In the last couple of years speckled wood butterflies have moved
from occasional sightings to the most common butterfly here.
Unfortunately the previous holder of that title - the Small
Tortoiseshell - is becoming a once in a while siting. Anyway,
this slightly tatty individual make a nice pic with lilac.
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Ref: 20090523_dc1_20090501_1438_078+1543_214 ft1 speckled wood butterfly in flight showing top of wing with lilac blossom (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Nov 2022
at 12:31 Image of day on 23 Dec 2022
The plants world has gone crazy in the atypically benign November weather.
Here we have patches of Speedwell actually in flower.
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Image Taken on 11 Dec 2022
at 09:05 Image of day on 06 Jan 2023
This is the back of the IR beam sender that triggers the camera focussed
on the top of the Meadow Post, with a still intact Spider's web now heavily frosted.
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Image of day on 12 Oct 2005
The fruit of the spindle bush is the only glaring colour clash
within one plant that we know of. The orange colour is the fruits.
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Image Taken on 12 Oct 2008
at 16:52 Image of day on 04 Nov 2008
The spindle tree fruit and fruit case provides the only really
strident natural colour clash we know of.
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Image Taken on 02 Feb 2009
at 09:21 Image of day on 24 Feb 2009
According to the 'book' squirrels only come out on mild days for
a feed. Ours obviously don't have the same book.
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Image Taken on 19 Dec 2010
at 11:34 Image of day on 09 Feb 2011
Is Spring coming soon?
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Image Taken on 03 Dec 2010
at 08:03 Image of day on 23 Jan 2011
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Image Taken on 18 Oct 2022
at 15:17 Image of day on 18 Nov 2022
Staghorn Sumac really turns a wonderful red as autumn progresses.
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Image of day on 10 Nov 2006
Sumach (aka Stagshorn) trees produce some wonderful autumn
colours. Not so good this year but this one from 31 Oct 1999
shows the earlier leaf turn to good effect. We 'inherited'
this tree with the house & it would take over the garden if
we didn't keep hacking it back.
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Ref: 20061110_mvc1177x stagshorn autumn(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Nov 2021
at 15:17 Image of day on 20 Dec 2021
After planting a Sumac at out first house about 1970, moving here 1990 we found
a couple of such trees in the front garden which we have allowed to develop into
several trees. They are so robust they have to be hacked back every other year
or so, but always come back thriving.
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Ref: 20211220_d72_20211115_1517_092 sumac in front garden showing autumn colours (orig & final)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 17 Nov 2021
at 08:32 Image of day on 23 Dec 2021
Our Sycamore trees are outstanding for a canopy of Autumn leaves.
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Ref: 20211223_df3_20211117_0832_001 sycamore in autumn colour along south hedge (orig & final)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image of day on 28 Oct 2005
One of the few sycamores not riddled with a harmless but
unsightly black spot fungus takes on its autumn hues.
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Ref: 20051028_p20_1040150 sycamore in autumn seq 2005oct11_13-38-26(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Oct 2012
at 15:36 Image of day on 21 Nov 2012
This Sycamore has managed to encompass the complete green leaves
(bottom) through to dried out and ready to fall leaves (top) in a
single multi-stemmed tree. It was the only tree this far advanced.
The tree to the right is an oak of the same age - oaks do very
well here - the land used to be called 'Oak Hill Furlong'.
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Ref: 20121121_df1_20121014_1536_100 sycamore tree multi branched with green to autumn leaves (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 20 Aug 2010
at 12:16 Image of day on 29 Sep 2010
This wonderful fly came to our attention. It is about 15mm long,
looks wonderful, but is parasitic (lays eggs inside other
creatures) so not very endearing.
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Ref: 20100929_db1_20100820_1216_104 tachina fera parasitic fly on unripe blackberry fruit (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Dec 2017
at 04:41 Image of day on 30 Jan 2018
A Tawny owl made a short visit in the falling snow just before 5 a.m.
The bird triggered the camera twice with these results.
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Image Taken on 07 Dec 2010
at 09:01 Image of day on 01 Feb 2011
Some more air-frost images from our patch. First a teasel head.
No doubt the seeds still in the head will be fine to germinate or
get eaten by Goldfinches when it thaws.
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Image Taken on 22 Jun 2023
at 10:15 Image of day on 18 Aug 2023
The wonderful intricacies of a Thistle Flower-head.
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Image Taken on 19 Jan 2013
at 16:31 Image of day on 26 Feb 2013
The local Thrush also put in several appearances in the snow.
The bird has started using a sheet of corrugated iron
(intended to attract snakes in the summer) as it's 'Anvil'.
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Ref: 20130226_d45_20130119_1631_280_fb1 thrush in snow(r+mb id@576).jpg
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