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#DailyHaikuPrompt
#drizzle

day-long drizzle
cannot douse the fire
of October leaves

A raven

OS map show Ramsdean, just outside Findon in West Sussex.

Bird of the place-name 93: RAMSDEAN (WSsx). OE hramn + denu. ‘The raven’s valley.’ Close to where I grew up, just outside Worthing. Near a Roman site and Iron Age Cissbury. Mentioned in a 10th charter. #birdsandplace #naturewriting

An actual North Tyneside back lane with glorious skies -

Swans heading south

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Saw my first small copper this summer and wow, aren’t they zippy!!! Amazed you got one to pose for such a lovely picture.

Amazing colours - love the structure of the teasel heads.

Teasel seedheads silhouetted against a pretty sunset

Teasel seedheads #seedheads #wildflowerhour #Yorkshire #sunset

The trees in Northumberland are already hinting at changing colours- to rust, ochre, orange.

Even the most familiar places seem, mysterious and magical when transformed by Nature's "paintbrush"...
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A globe-like seed head backlit by a low sun.

Dandelion seedhead in the setting sun. It’s feeling quite Autumnal. #wildflowerhour #sunset #dandelionClock

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Thank you.

A medium sized brown moth with a distinctive black and white cross pattern on its wings.

A visitor … not sure who yet … #teammoth

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So frustrating and unnecessary 😠

What a beauty 💕

The skies are suddenly silent …
I think the #swifts may have flown south already #Northumberland

It’s nearly World Kid Lit Month! Next month is September, World Kid Lit Month: the time to explore the world through international and translated children’s books. September is a busy month for many of us, so how can we get …

It’s almost #WorldKidLitMonth - a time to explore the world through children’s literature! Read all about how to get involved here 📚 🌍 #kidlit #readtheworld

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Oh wow … what amazing ears

Tiny orange and brown butterfly on a purple thistle.

Tiny orange and brown butterfly on a purple thistle.

Also discovered these tiny butterflies - Small Skippers I think but I’m not sure … #BigButterflyCount #teambutterfly

Vivid Red Admiral on a purple Buddlia

Faded Meadow Brown on a purple thistle

Painted Lady on a purple thistle.

Comma alights on a green leaf.

Lovely butterfly walk this morning … warm sunshine, grasshoppers chirping in the grass and these beauties … #BigButterflyCount

A Red Admiral butterfly faces directly at the camera while feeding on buddleia flowers against a vibrant green background

This Red Admiral has fluttered onto your feed to let you know that the #BigButterflyCount is just 1 week away!

Get ready to count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

📷: Michael Preston

Poppies and ox-eye daises push through the stony ground and rewild the edges of the building site #wildflowerhour #urbanplants

Hover flies on the umbellifers

Orange soldier beetles on the thistles

Meadow Brown butterfly

Grasshopper on a stony path

Day 29 - this morning’s #butterfly count revealed lots of Meadow Browns for the first time this year. The thistles were full of soldier beetles and even a grasshopper bounced by #30DaysWild

Day 28 - discovered a pollinator paradise is the Sweet Chestnut flowers #30DaysWild

Day 26 - making maps of our site and where all our wildlife lives …. great fun #30DaysWild #forestschool

Female ghost moth sheltering against a brick wall.

Day 25 - the early morning check of the wall revealed a beautiful female Ghost Moth … meeting moths has been a wonderful bonus to this year’s #30DaysWild #teammoth

Large red poppy beside a wooden fence.

Day 24 - welcoming In Midsummers Day #30DaysWild

And this morning the Shed is a hidden inside a tangle of mock orange, where butterflies dance in the shadows, and bees sing in the sunlight...