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Image Taken on 14 Jun 2009
at 14:52 Image of day on 11 Jul 2009
And second the proboscis is uncurling complete with droplets or particles
from it's previous meal.
 moth flying to clover flower & starting to feed (web crop) 6 of 6(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20090711_da1_20090614_1452_517 ft1 common rustic (q) moth flying to clover flower & starting to feed (web crop) 6 of 6(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Jul 2016
at 18:08 Image of day on 10 Aug 2016
3 weeks from the orchid in full flower we now have just a last handful of petals
at the top, here it is making seed.
 making seed(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20160810_df3_20160716_1808_042 common spotted orchid (dactylorhiza fuchsii) making seed(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jun 2016
at 15:06 Image of day on 10 Aug 2016
Our one and only (and first that we know of) Common Spotted Orchid.
The spots appear on the leaves but we could not find even one. A web search
suggests that the spots are very variable - from none to smothered even within a
group of plants.
Maybe the spots are like Blackspot on Sycamore leaves - a infection
that we don't have enough plants to have attracted yet. We will let this
flower seed, transfer some of it (Orchid seed is apparently as fine as dust)
& see what happens next year.
 only plant very few leaf spots near weather pole (crop1)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20160810_p10_20160627_1506_884 common spotted orchid (dactylorhiza fuchsii) only plant very few leaf spots near weather pole (crop1)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jun 2016
at 15:06 Image of day on 10 Aug 2016
The detail on the petals is very intricate and quite variable.
The grainy image reflects the use of a Panasonic FZ100 as we didn't want to
flatten the surroundings to get access by a 'better' camera.
 only plant very few leaf spots near weather pole (crop2)(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20160810_p10_20160627_1506_884 common spotted orchid (dactylorhiza fuchsii) only plant very few leaf spots near weather pole (crop2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 29 Oct 2006
at 12:53 Image of day on 02 Nov 2006
This pair of coupled Common Sympetrum Dragonflies spent some time
laying eggs in the adjacent pond & warming themselves in the sun on a
patch of dry grass where they are surprisingly difficult to spot if you
don't see them land.
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Ref: 20061102_p34_20061029_1253_733 common sympetrum dragonfly pair in tandem on grass(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 29 Jul 2019
at 07:06 Image of day on 16 Sep 2019
This little patch of Convolvulus looks quite striking at the flowers open
making a 5 pointed star.
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Ref: 20190916_df3_20190729_0706_123 convolvulus flower wet with dew opening as 5 point star (crop 1)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 29 Jul 2019
at 07:06 Image of day on 16 Sep 2019
The opening Convolvulus flower is drenched in dew.
No, we DIDN'T squirt it with a sprayer!
(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20190916_df3_20190729_0706_123 convolvulus flower wet with dew opening as 5 point star (crop 2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 24 Sep 2022
at 11:12 Image of day on 01 Nov 2022
Each year we get a few out-of-season flowers.
This Convolvulus flower has definitely overslept.
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Ref: 20221101_df3_20220924_1112_004 convolvulus flower white very late flowering(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Jul 2017
at 11:12 Image of day on 24 Aug 2017
Convolvulus flowers brighten up the ground at this time of year.
In about 1992 we had dug out 'Round Pond' but not yet lined or filled it, and
it erupted with a carpet of thousands of these flowers right down to the bottom
about 2 metres deep. We conclude that the soil must be 'saturated' with
long-lived seeds awaiting their chance.
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Ref: 20170824_df3_20170705_1112_165 convolvulus flower with hover-fly (crop 2)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Jul 2020
at 10:59 Image of day on 13 Aug 2020
These Convolvulus flowers in shade of the northern bridleway hedge are the normal pinkish colour.
Round the end of the hedge where the sun shines on the ground all day
exactly the same species are sun-bleached completely white.
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Ref: 20200813_df3_20200705_1059_027+1102_030 convolvulus flowers mostly in shade and mostly in sunshine 1+2 of 2 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 23 Jul 2019
at 08:58 Image of day on 12 Sep 2019
Many of the Convolvulus flowers seem to have been bleached by the sunshine
with little trace of pink remaining.
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Ref: 20190912_df3_20190723_0858_008 convolvulus flowers opening with buttercup & fly(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Jul 2023
at 12:19 Image of day on 26 Aug 2023
White Convolvulus flower appear each year along one side of the east-west
path across the centre of the meadow. This photo also caught a Marmalade Hover-fly
making the most of the nectar.
 with marmalade hover-fly(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20230826_df3_20230702_1219_010 convolvulus white flowers (1st of 2023) with marmalade hover-fly(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 25 Apr 2020
at 12:39 Image of day on 15 May 2020
Cow Parsley displays it's delicate flower head along the concrete track boarders -
and a few days later all over the place.
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Ref: 20200515_df3_20200425_1239_116 cow parsley (1st of 2020)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 25 Oct 2018
at 10:20 Image of day on 19 Dec 2018
A Fallen Cow Parsley stem allows this study in symmetry.
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Ref: 20181219_df3_20181025_1020_203 cow parsley desiccated seed head on fallen stem(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 24 Oct 2006
at 12:33 Image of day on 04 Nov 2006
We have been photographing a cowslip all year to make a
'sequence' but the seed heads are particularly attractive so here
is the detailed image.
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Ref: 20061104_p34_20061024_1233_624 cowslip 1 seq seed head detail(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Apr 2017
at 10:36 Image of day on 25 May 2017
Along the Bridleway 200m to our East runs a deep (maybe 2m) drainage ditch. We
caught this drift of yellow as we walked by, and a scramble half-way down the
slope bagged this lovely splash of yellow Cowslips and Dandelions.
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Ref: 20170525_df3_20170409_1036_080 cowslips and dandelions on east facing slope of ditch by bridleway to east (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 21 Sep 2010
at 13:05 Image of day on 14 Nov 2010
Craneflies all over the place, but perhaps not the invasion of
some years. Here a pair doing what comes naturally down in the
grass.
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Ref: 20101114_df1_20100921_1305_064 craneflies mating on grass (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 19 May 2021
at 12:41 Image of day on 16 Jun 2021
Judging from the wing pattern and larger size, this pair of Crane-flies seen
mating is a different species we again have not identified.
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Ref: 20210616_d73_20210519_1241_116 craneflies unident mating on hawthorn leaf(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Aug 2017
at 12:07 Image of day on 14 Oct 2017
A true sign of approaching Autumn is the appearance of Craneflies.
This one is a 'whopper' practically filling the camera frame
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Ref: 20171014_da1_20170828_1207_056+1602_159_ft1 cranefly in flight with buddleia (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Oct 2011
at 12:29 Image of day on 19 Nov 2011
The previous day we have seen a number of craneflies, so we decided to have
a go at some of them in flight. Typically - all we could find was this
unusually willing flier but with a leg missing.
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Ref: 20111119_da1_20111003_1229_012+1322_164_ft1 cranefly in flight with great willow herb seed head (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
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