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A week of flowers : Day 5

25 Wednesday Nov 2020

Posted by digwithdorris in a week of flowers, Uncategorized

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a week of flowers, Bees, butterflies

Cathy of Words and Herbs has presented a challenge to cheer us all up:

From Sunday the 22nd through to Saturday the 28th let’s share a photo a day (or more than one if you like) of our flowers and gardens and brighten up this dreary time.”

Aster with Comma
Leucanthemella and Red Admiral
Buddlea and Red Admiral
Bee and echinacea

Day 5 flowers with butterflies and bees. A super cheerful sight.

Click the link above to see more cheerful floral photos. 🌞D.

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Wordless Wednesday: A comma. Not just punctuation

18 Wednesday Sep 2019

Posted by digwithdorris in Wordless Wednesday

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butterflies, Comma, Polygonia c-album, wordless wednesday

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Butterfly count

19 Friday Jul 2019

Posted by digwithdorris in Thank goodness it's Friday, Uncategorized

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a butterfly book for the pocket, bigbutterflycount.org, butterflies, Edmund Sandars, Oxford University Press 1939

Today is the start of the Big Butterfly count in the UK. 19 July to 11 August 2019.

You can download an identification chart from Big Butterfly Count, there is a free App and you can also read about how to count them. Yes I know we can all count but we need to be sure we do not count the same Butterfly more than once.

Counting butterflies can be described as taking the pulse of nature: butterflies react very quickly to changes in their environment which makes them great biodiversity indicators. The count will help scientists identify trends in species.

Choosing the right weather ( bright and sunny ) is important.

I think today’s weather will not be suitable (rain) but there’s plenty of time to take part.

Celebrity endorsers, if you’re interested in such stuff, include Sir David Attenborough, President of Butterfly Conservation, Alan Titchmarsh MBE, and Joanna Lumley OBE.

I shall take part armed with one of my favourite little books: A Butterfly Book for the pocket by Edmund Sandars. ( Oxford University Press London: Humphrey Milford 1939). I found it on a market in Old Amersham many years ago.

The pictures above were taken by me in 2012. Time to get counting and to take some new pictures! I hope you will take part.

Thanks for reading. D.

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Wordless Wednesday : Vanessa atalanta

26 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by digwithdorris in Wordless Wednesday

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Buddleia davidii, Buddleia davidii with red admiral, butterflies, Leucanthemum x superbum, red admiral, Shasta Daisy, Shasta diasy with red admiral, vanessa atalanta, wordless wednesday

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