Four different pseudo-peloric Water Avens seen in Pickering Woods today. They turn up quite regularly in these woods. The first 2 photos are from the same plant. One stem looked like the leaves had become petal-like.
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Heading up to Gateshead shortly to see Anna Lapwood!
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Fasciated Water Avens seen in Pickering Woods, N. Yorkshire today.
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N. Yorkshire Burnt-tip & Fly Orchid, seen this afternoon.
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Longhorn Beetles from Pickering Woods today.
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn, Wasp Beetle, Spotted Longhorn, and Black-striped Longhorn.
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Duke of Burgundy seen this morning near Hawnby, N. Yorkshire, at a site where it hasn't been recorded since 2019!
If you look closely, you can see the vestigial front legs on this male.
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Duke of Burgundy seen in Pickering Woods yesterday, at a site where we've carried out a lot of habitat management work They're just starting to emerge on this N. facing site and numbers are already higher than last year.
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Female Orange-tip in my garden yesterday morning. I'm hoping she's laid some eggs!
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A very blue female Common Blue seen yesterday at Twyford Woods, Lincolnshire. The forewings had an iridescent violet sheen to them.
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Two Common Lizards seen today in Pickering Woods, N. Yorkshire.
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