Buzzard (Buteo buteo)



Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) in the garden? Two!!





Rook (Corvus frigilegus)





Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)





Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)









Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Tags: Buzzard, Rook, ReedBunting, Jackdaw, WoodPigeon

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris) enjoying the Daphne bholua.










Daphne bholua Jaqueline Postill like many of the Daphnes has the most intoxicating perfume. This is the best display we have ever had in twelve years.













Eristalsis tenax

Tags: DaphneBholua, Buff-tailedBumbleBee

Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Up to six over the village today.













A mixed group of Corvids



Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)



Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)



Rook (Corvus frugilegus)





Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) strutting through the fields.



Maize stubble

Tags: Buzzard, CarrionCrow, Rook, Pheasant, Stubble , Corvids

Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum







Weissia Sp



Slug's Eggs

Tags: Horschuch'sBeard-moss, WeissiaSp

Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)

Dry above, wet below.



Capsules of Wood Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum affine)




Crimson-tuber Thread-moss (Bryum rubens)

Tags: CylindricBeard-moss, WoodBristle-moss, Crimson-tuberThread-moss

Didymodon Sp







Rigid Beard-moss (Didymodon rigidulus)



Soft-tufted Beard-moss (Didymodon vinealis)



Although the leaves in this 'picture' are Capillary Thread-moss

The picture below is a Fissidens bryoides 'leaf'



Lesser Pocket-moss (Fissidens bryoides)



Elegant Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum pulchellum)








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Even Scalewort (Radula complanata)





Zygodon Sp



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Tags: DidymodonSp, Rigidbeard-moss, Soft-tuftedBeard-moss, LesserPocket-moss, ElegantBristle-moss, EvenScalewort, ZygodonSp

A couple fo days of rain presumably forced our local Barn Owl (Tyto alba) to feed earlier this afternoon.

Tags: BarnOwl