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“Nor will I then thy modest grace forget,
Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring,
And pensive monitor of fleeting years!”
~ William Wordsworth
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Tag Archives: quarry
Wordless Wednesday – Orchids
Posted in Out and about, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged chalk, Common Spotted Orchid, Man Orchid, Orchids, Photography, quarry, Twayblade, UK native orchids, Wildflowers
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Looking for a man!
OK, I couldn’t resist that title …. but it really should read man orchid (Orchis anthropophora, recently changed from Aceras anthropophorum on DNA evidence). The man orchid is a UK native, hardy orchid, which favours sunny conditions on free-draining, calcareous … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
Tagged hardy orchid, Horticulture, Man Orchid, Orchids, Orchis anthropophora, Photography, quarry, UK native
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The East Pit and the rare Moon Carrot
That sounds like a title of a children’s book, but a couple of weeks ago I went on an evening walk lead by members of the Wildlife Trust in an old chalk quarry in Cambridge and discovered a whole load … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Plants, Uncategorized
Tagged Burnet moths, Centaury, chalk, Cherry Hinton, East Pit, eyed-hawk moth, Fairy flax, Glow-worms, Moon Carrot, Musk thistle, quarry, St John's Wort, Wildlife Trust, Yellow-wort
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An Old Chalk Pit filled with Orchids – Nature Wins
At the edge of our village lies a disused clunch (and coprolite) pit, unworked since the beginning of the 20th Century. It is a relative small affair compared to others nearby (see for instance blogger Jonathan Spain’s account of the … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Plants
Tagged Bee Orchid, Bird's Foot Trefoil, Bladder Campion, chalk, Common Spotted Orchid, Knapweed, Man Orchid, milkwort, nature, Orchids, quarry, Twayblade
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