Artist, musician, curious about the natural world.
Eirian
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#wildflowerhour
#lawnflowers
A miniature tapestry, in a square foot of my back lawn. These plants may be tiny but their names are quite long:
Thyme-leaved speedwell; common mouse ear chickweed; small flowered cranesbill; lesser hop trefoil; and some square gooseneck moss. Hard to focus at this scale
Late for #orchidchallenge #wildflowerhour but had to share these lovely bee orchids found today on Minchinhampton common. One of a group of about 9 in a small area.
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#orchidchallenge
Common spotted, fragrant, and pyramidal orchids in South Oxfordshire this week.
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It was the bright pink of this Grass Vetchling - Lathyrus nissolia - which helped me to spot it, yesterday, tucked away at the edge of Bernwood Meadows. An exciting new find for my list.
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#tinyplants
On our walk today we spotted this brown argus butterfly feeding on a tiny forget-me-not flower (a wood forget-me-not, possibly). It somehow knows that the yellow-centred flower is the one to go for. Photo courtesy of Chris White.
#tinyplants
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Common sorrel flowers, an elderflower head just opening, and tiny white flowers on goosegrass.
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#carrotsandpeas
Cow parsley and common vetch intertwining prettily in an old orchard this week.
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#buttercupchallenge
I loved this week’s challenge! Managed to discover 4 different types: creeping, meadow, bulbous, and goldilocks buttercups, all in south Oxon.
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#hedgerowchallenge
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Some finds from the Chilterns today, up on the chalk escarpment, and in the woods: milkwort, salad burnet, bluebells, cowslips galore, sweet woodruff, wild strawberry.
