Landscapes
A bit more varied selection of cars than the 8 landrovers in the shooting field. (Glorious twelth! A shooting party, all with Landrover, at the top of Unhill Bottom)
a touch of autumn in Unhill Woods?
Into the firing zone
Brick walls, back in Moulsford.
Flowers and bugs
These first flowers were all on the path out of Moulsford, before we crossed the road into the Valley of Death.
Common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the daisy family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers.
Poppies in the corn
Oregano (Origanum vulgare) ?
Silene latifolia subsp. alba the white campion
Silene dioica, known as red campion or red catchfly,
Wild basil ?
One that got away today. Female pheasant?
Poppies on the bank on Rectory Road
The white-lipped snail or garden banded snail, scientific name Cepaea hortensis. On the main road in Streatley.
Orange jewelweed, common jewelweed, spotted jewelweed, or orange balsam
Alder leaf-beetle larvae feeding on alder leaves,
And the “dad”: Agelastica alni, the alder leaf beetle (well spotted, Steve)
Alder leaf beetle was considered extinct in Britain with almost no records of it between 1946 and 2003. In 2004 larvae and adults were found in Manchester. It is not known how the beetles reached Manchester, but it is possible they arrived with plant imports. The beetle is now widespread in north-west England and has spread into north Wales. In 2014 it was discovered in Hampshire and it is now widespread in the south east. In some areas this beetle has become very abundant and can cause significant defoliation. [source]
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