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Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 in blog, summer, flora, good stuff, tottenham marshes, wild london, bee orchid
It’s high time I continued the story begun in last week’s post Here Be Dragons. Did I find any Bee Orchids? I hadn’t meant to tease but yes, yes I did! As you can see from the pictures here, I saw some beauties. To recap… afte...
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Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 14:12 in blog, London, summer, fauna, birds, mistle thrush, wild london
You don’t have to go to far flung wildernesses to experience the wild. It exists everywhere and in tandem with us; all we need to do to enter this wild world is look. This weekend I witnessed something lovely which proves the point. I’...
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Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 04:03 in blog, summer, fauna, dragonflies, skywatch friday, tottenham marshes, broad bodied chaser, wild london
A male Broad Bodied Chaser dragonfly perches above the sky’s reflection on Tottenham Marsh Pond. You can read more about how I came across this beautiful insect in the previous post, Here Be Dragons. For more beautiful and fascinating images of...
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Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 10:37 in blog, summer, fauna, good stuff, dragonflies, tottenham marshes, broad bodied chaser, wild london, coppermill lane
Yesterday was fine and sunny, so I thought I’d try my luck dragonfly hunting on Coppermill Lane. I had a tiny hope that I’d find the beautiful Libellula Depressa, or Broad Bodied Chaser I had seen there not so long ago; whether I did or n...
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Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 13:09 in blog, fox, summer, fauna, eggs, hampshire, navel gazing, midsummer, morestead, heyeya-if
Midsummer this year was a far gentler affair than last years epic night walk up Snowdon - wow, was that really a whole year ago? R and I went instead to visit his parents in Hampshire and had a peaceful time strolling about in the countryside, eati...
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Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 16:04 in blog, gardening, summer, fauna, flora, wild london
Often when I go into the garden even for the shortest of times I’ll be amazed at the wildlife that inhabits our tiny patch of London soil. Just this afternoon as I hung out my washing to dry I was surprised by a comma butterfly landing on the l...
This is a beautiful and well organized nature blog written by a blogger who has a wonderful way with words, and photography.
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