My Nature Notebook

Hedgerow Cranesbill: hedging your bets -

Apamea remissa: the dusky brocade -

Machimus artricapillus: the kite-tailed robber fly -

Hairy brome: the woodland oats -

Bog Pimpernel: the bog primrose -

Male-fern: and the invisible man -

Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Hoverfly: Helophilus hybridus -

Petty Whin: the needle furze -

Smooth Catsear: bring me sunshine -

Black Mustard: the spice of life -

Lichen: Lecidella elaeochroma -

Emerald Damselfly: open to interpretation -

Common Blue Damselfly: egg cup or tumbler? -

Salad Burnet: one for the pot -

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Woodland Grasshopper: in glades and rides -

Aleuria aurantia: the orange peel fungus: -

Marble Gall: dyeing to find out -

Villa cingulata: the downland bee-fly -

Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)

Large Red-tailed Bumble-bee (Bombus lapidarius)

Pimpla instigator: an ichneumon fly -

Honey bee: a hive of activity -

Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)

Scotopteryx chenopodiata: the shaded broad-bar -

Field Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)

Fairy Ring Champignon (Marasmius oreades)

Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) -

Tipula paludosa: the autumn crane fly -

Common Whirligig Beetle: never decreasing circles -

Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium)

Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)

Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

Sweetbriar: smelling of roses -

Summer Chafer: a fly by night species -

Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)

Soft Brome (Bromus hordeaceus)

Lilioceris lilii - the lily beetle

Green Dock Beetle; the metal reflector -

Ground Beetle: Harpalus affinus -

Great Diving Beetle: breath of fresh air -

Click beetle: Athous haemorrhoidalis -

Meadow Thistle: a spineless character -

Marsh Lousewort: the red rattle -

Nursery Web Spider: a mother superior -

House Spider: at the drop of a hat -

Daddy Long Legs: blow away the cobwebs -

Knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)