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| Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) |
(19/4/21)
So I am catching up on weeks of photos at the park, today was the first time using my new camera. A Tg6 as you will see in the weeks ahead i have got better at using it, this was my first day.
The next few posts in April will be mainly record photos of the time, so I can remember what was about.
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| Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) |
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| Money Spider (Linyphiidae) |
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| Millipede (Polydesmidae) |
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| Centipedes (Julidae) |
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| Ground Beetle |
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| Dog- Violet (Viola riviniana) |
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| Leaves starting to come out. |
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| Dandelion Seeds |
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| Dandelion Seeds |
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| Dandelion Seeds |
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| Thale Cress - Arabidopsis thaliana |
After all these years of recording it turns out I have never recorded this flower, looking very similar to Hairy Bittercress, I have just missed seeing there is a difference.
Thale cress is an annual but it usually germinates in the autumn already and overwinters as a leaf rosette. In April or May at the latest the rosette grows a flowering stem with flowers at the top, and the first fruits soon form. Thale cress’s white flowers are only a couple of millimetres in diameter, which is too small to attract insects, but seed-production is ensured by self-pollination. If drought does not seal the plant’s fate early it can go on to grow and branch until early summer as it ripens its seeds.
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| Flower of Thale Cress |
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| Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) |
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| Red currant bush (Ribes) |
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| Red currant bush (Ribes) |
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| Pollenia sp. (cluster flies) |
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| Pollenia sp. (cluster flies) |
The grass flies or cluster flies or attic flies are the genus Pollenia in the blowfly family Calliphoridae are completely harmless to human health. They are strictly parasitic on earthworms; the females lay their eggs near earthworm burrows, and the larvae then feed on the worms.
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| Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronic hederifolia) |
Another plant I have overlooked, seen it many times especially on rough ground at the park but neve recorded it.
A low sprawling hairy plant, stems branched at the base. Leaves kidney shaped with 3 to 7 lobes, the end lobe being the largest, 3 veined, all but the lowermost alternate. Flowers pale lilac or pale blue, 4 to 9 mm solitary.
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