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Out of the Understory: Virgin snow
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Out of the Understory. Nature, art and culture. Out of the Overstory. Sunday, 12 February 2012. In the forest the late afternoon sun warms the upper branches of the trees and melts the snow. This snowy world is not white at all. It softly glows with all the shades of the ice cream parlour: strawberry, butterscotch, pistachio and vanilla. Thankfully it hasn't turned to chocolate yet. Posted by Sonya Patel Ellis. Sunday, February 12, 2012. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Also see: Out of the Overstory.
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BBC Two - Autumnwatch
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Visit the home of wildlife on the BBC. The sniffer dog that detects harvest mice. How conservation is saving red squirrels. Ten of the UK's most stunning fungi. Uncovering the secret lives of the UK's urban badgers. Tracking the changes in nature throughout autumn. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079t1p. Read more about sharing. This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer. There are no upcoming broadcasts of this programme. Thu 5 Nov 2015. More detail on hen harrier disappearances. Share y...
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iWalk Cornwall: April 2015
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Thursday, 16 April 2015. Know your blackthorn from your hawthorn. The Woodland Trust run a Nature's Calendar. One of the indicator species is hawthorn, which is fairly easy confuse with blackthorn as both have thorns and white flowers which appear in Spring. There are a few things to look for to tell them apart. The colour of the pollen is quite a good way to tell them apart. In hawthorn the pollen starts off pink and the older stamens appear black:. Finally if the leaves are large enough to see clearly ...
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Chasing Spring - Izzy's Diary: April 2011
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Chasing Spring - Izzy's Diary. Chasing Spring is a documentary where the season is in control. For more information go to www.chasingspring.co.uk. Or follow us on Twitter @chasing spring. Saturday, 30 April 2011. Who greased the pole? I'm typing out this blog with my hands and arms covered in grease - a stain that all the power of cheap soap and a dilapidated wire scrubber can't remove. I'd like to believe it makes me look like a hardened cyclist but agree this is unlikely. So I made the executive decisi...
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BugBlog: July 2014
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014. Today it was a summery, hot day, with a light breeze, ideal for insect watching. Somehow, I managed a few decent in flight shots, which usually evade me as I am not patient enough. The first one happened when I spotted two hovering Volucella pellucens. So I tried to get some shots while it hovered and got the shot at the top of the post, and I was pretty pleased with that! Digger wasp (probably the common E. cavifrons. Inspecting a rotten log. She had to fend off a Tegenaria.
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BugBlog: February 2014
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Wednesday, 26 February 2014. Laurustinus blossom and Tree Bumblebee. The blossom of Laurustinus, Viburnum tinus. Is brightening the gardens around town. This morning I surprised this Tree Bumblebee queen, the first of the year, basking on the sunny flowers. Posted by Africa Gómez. Links to this post. Tuesday, 25 February 2014. On the windowsill, with the tiny sprightly springtail, Entomobrya. Sp, possibly nivalis. On a walkabout around her. The plume moth Amblyptilia acanthadactyla. Posted by Africa Gómez.
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BugBlog: Awesome bee flies
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Thursday, 16 April 2015. Bee flies, Bombylius major. Have emerged in the warm weather and I have come across them in several places. Bee flies are early spring fliers, the peak of adult activity is in April and May. They are found throughout the UK, where this species seems to be expanding north. Thee are some cool facts about them. A male at rest. Bee flies are parasitoids of several species of ground-nesting solitary bees, including Andrena. Female loading her sand-brush. Look into their eyes. One of t...
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BugBlog: August 2014
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Sunday, 31 August 2014. Three bright characters for the end of August. A single Red Admiral was also about, alternating between feeding in the buddleia and basking on a brick wall. During sunny spells she closed its wings, while during passing clouds she revealed its fresh, amazingly marked wings to their full splendor. This was a beautifully marked individual, the small, delicate blue markings on the edge of its wings very apparent. This garden spider, Araneus diadematus. Posted by Africa Gómez. Posted ...
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BugBlog: June 2014
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Sunday, 29 June 2014. Wolf spiders walking on water. The other day in the wildlife garden, I noticed a wolf spider, Pardosa. Sp, running on the pond water. I had to look closely as I had never seen them doing this and I wondered if it was a Pirate Wolf spider. There is a single species of British truly aquatic spider, which live most of their lives under water, Argyroneta aquatica. The Diving Bell Spider or Aquatic Spider. The two species of Raft spiders, Dolomedes. This one is my garden spider demonstra...
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BugBlog: April 2014
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Tuesday, 1 April 2014. It was a warm, sunny afternoon and the cherry was at full bloom (three weeks earlier than last year), attracting a menagerie of bees, butterflies, queen wasps and flies. I did saw a honeybee, but I think even without this species, the cherry would be fully pollinated given the number and diversity of insects on it. Several bees were firsts for the year, including Bombus lapidarius. I saw the first male red mining bee yesterday but they seemed to be everywhere today. Have remarkable...
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