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Wild Life: Rhizocarpon geographicum - Map Lichen
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A daily look at what's living around us. Thursday, February 18, 2016. Rhizocarpon geographicum - Map Lichen. In the middle was a day of peace and an opportunity to walk upwards. We set our eyes on Ben Hope, the northernmost Munro and an easier walk than the lower, but more imposing, Ben Loyal. We returned to Tongue via Altnaharra on the longest single-track road segments devoid of passing places that I've ever been on. Quite what we'd have done had we encountered on-coming traffic I don't know. This one ...
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Wild Life: Iris Rust
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A daily look at what's living around us. Tuesday, December 29, 2015. Leaf is infected by the Iris Rust, Puccinia iridis. It is the sort of life one overlooks, even as someone with an expressed interest in natural history. The Rusts are all in the genus Puccinia. They are all obligate parasites of other plants and part of the Fungus kingdom, in the Basidiomycota. Phylum. There are over 4000 species worldwide, many of the them significant economic pests. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Englishman's...
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Wild Life: July 2015
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A daily look at what's living around us. Friday, July 31, 2015. Its common name reinforces the false connection to the buttercups as Lesser Celandine. Is in that family. The Latin binomial for Greater Celandine is Chelidonium majus. Thursday, July 30, 2015. One couldn't go to London and not blog about the London Plane tree, Platanus x acerifolia. It is the quintessential urban tree, tolerating high levels of pollution and root compaction. It grows to prodigious heights and casts a dappled shade. ...In Lo...
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Wild Life: October 2015
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A daily look at what's living around us. Wednesday, October 28, 2015. I thought we might be overdue diptera so here are a pair of mating Yellow Dung Flies, Scathophaga stercoraria. At it hammer and tongs up on the Downs. The male is on top with the fancy golden hairy pantaloons. They are one of the commonest flies in the world, their distribution reflecting that of human animal husbandry. To scientific experiment as a result of their rapid reproductive turnover. And not a native but an archeophyte. The r...
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Wild Life: Spurge-laurel
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A daily look at what's living around us. Tuesday, March 01, 2016. Came across this growing by the side of a path on our way to the Half Moon in Plumpton. It also caught the eye of our friend who was visiting who runs Alexandra Nursery in Penge (think Petersham on a smaller community scale). I've not seen it before but recognised it from Mr Rose's book. My subconscious botanist suggested laurel-spurge but on checking I find it's actually Spurge-Laurel, Daphne laureola. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Wild Life: Azure Damselflies
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A daily look at what's living around us. Wednesday, December 30, 2015. A pair of Azure Damselflies, Coenagrion puella. Flying in tandem and laying eggs in the pond back in June. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Streakt Cloudy Hog. British Wildlife (bi-monthly) - British Wildlife Publishing. Mushrooms - Roger Phillips (2006). The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland - Thomas and Lewington (2010). Collins Bird Songs and Calls - Geoff Sample. The Wild Flower Key - Francis Rose (2006). End of an era.
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Wild Life: Neat Feather-moss
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A daily look at what's living around us. Sunday, December 27, 2015. Another moss, this time collected on our Boxing Day walk across the Downs from Firle Beacon and back along the old coach road for a warming pint of Harveys in the Ram's snug. It is Neat Feather-moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum. It is common throughout the British Isles. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Streakt Cloudy Hog. British Wildlife (bi-monthly) - British Wildlife Publishing. Mushrooms - Roger Phillips (2006). A Short History ...
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Wild Life: Little Egret
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A daily look at what's living around us. Thursday, December 31, 2015. Little egret" by Karthik Easvur - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons. So here is the 365th post for 2015. I have scratched my head about which species to make the last. All the species I have photos of have been included already and I didn't get out today to find a new one. The choice of Little Egret, Egretta garzetta. Not a strategy shared by other birds with similar feeding habits. Will I post again tomorrow? Mushrooms...
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Wild Life: Box
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A daily look at what's living around us. Thursday, February 04, 2016. A new species. Possibly not the first this year as I've managed to identify a few mosses and liverworts, but I was reminded of the blog by one of my erstwhile readers whilst we perambulated Box Hill in Surrey and nudged into action. Box Hill is famous for, and named after, the Box, Buxus sempervirens. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Rhizocarpon geographicum - Map Lichen. British Wildlife (bi-monthly) - British Wildlife Publishing.
