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buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
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Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 19 8:57 pm Post subject:

buzzy wrote:

Mistress Rose wrote:

I would say pyramid. They are quite common round here and we have a good selection in the grass verge in the opposite side of the road. This year, thank goodness, the grass mowing monkeys have only cut the front of the verge, so the orchids are happily growing at the back. We have occasionally had them in our lawn, but a few years as a hay field has rather upset them.

I think the shape of the petals (tepals) is wrong for Pyramidal Orchid, and also their petals tend to be unmarked.

As soon as I can get hold of my orchid book, I may be able to give a more reasoned opinion - I'm a bit slow at present having suffered from a Porsche Cayenne destroying our poor little Honda Jazz last week.

Henry

edited to correct car variety

Also, Boswell Park, Ayr is outside the recorded range of Pyramidal Orchid

Henry

buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
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Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 19 9:02 pm Post subject:
Hares Foot Inkcap with the cute and fluffy stage at the right Henry

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8916
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 19 9:02 pm Post subject:
Sounds interesting! and yes,the fungi started as a white cap..I think there is one above right in one of the pictures

gz

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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 19 9:03 pm Post subject:
no,not the Hare's cap...but that one can be described as cute!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 19 6:43 am Post subject:
Have never seen the Hare's Cap. Odd one. I was going on the shape of the flower Buzzy. Pyramid orchids tend to make a more distinct pyramid shape than other orchids, but if you find it is something else, I will be happy to go with your ID.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 19 9:17 am Post subject:
Amazing how the right conditions have brought out lots of this butterfly on Hannahston Reserve. I've just looked at the Butterfly and Moths book...there are an awful lot of brown ones!

buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
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Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 19 10:05 am Post subject:
That's the Ringlet - lots of them about now. Henry

buzzy

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Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 19 11:21 pm Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Have never seen the Hare's Cap. Odd one.

I was going on the shape of the flower Buzzy. Pyramid orchids tend to make a more distinct pyramid shape than other orchids, but if you find it is something else, I will be happy to go with your ID.

Several of the orchids begin with pyramidal flower spikes that gradually become more or less cylindrical, including Spotted Orchids and Pyramidal! The give away, though is the petal colour - should be unmarked rose pink in Pyramidal.

Henry

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Fri Jul 12, 19 6:22 am Post subject:
Have seen a lot of dark brown ones lately, but not close, so could be ringlets. We also have either meadow browns or gatekeepers; again haven't seen them close enough to be sure, and also silver washed fritillaries. Seems to be butterfly season now.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 19 3:00 pm Post subject:
I've tried to get a clearer picture, but the tablet insists on focusing anywhere but

buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
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Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 19 8:44 pm Post subject:

Yes, I'm back!

After an enforced two month absence courtesy careless Porsche Cayenne driver who rear ended our poor little car, my ribs have recovered sufficiently for me to resume Monday walks.

We went round a mainly riverside site today - saw a Grey Wagtail, quite a lot of fish of various sizes that remained unidentified as our fish expert was absent, several Banded Damselflies and a few galls on various trees. It was a very pleasant walk - so nice to get out again

About the only thing I photographed was this:

American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) escaping under a fence into a public footpath. Highly toxic, and having a sinister resemblance in some ways to ripe blackberries when fruiting.

I hope to resume regular posting now.

Henry

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 19 7:09 am Post subject:
It does, doesn't it. The fruit is a bit ordered for blackberry, and the leaves are different, but it is close enough that until you said it was something else, I thought it a rather odd blackberry.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 19 8:27 am Post subject:
Glad to hear you have recovered Buzzy and able to get back out. Good photo. It looks very blackberryish. I wonder why it's like that? Out to kill humans maybe?

buzzy

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Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 19 11:25 pm Post subject:

Last Monday had a trip to the Brecks. Lovely sunny day and had excellent views of a Woodlark - apparently they usually skulk about on the ground, almost invisible, but this one sat on a wire and sang to us!

Our target species was Stone Curlew. We found several, but all quite a way from the track, and my camera is not really uo to that sort of task. However...…

There are at least three in this shot - the pale blobs are them. Being largely nocturnal they just mooch around most of the day.

Henry

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 19 6:47 am Post subject:
As you say, not a very clear picture, but at least you got a picture. Great to see the birds, and nice that the woodlark performed for you.

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