Maximum temperature in the Charente today 12C, minimum 5C. Rain on and off all day not measured as yet. 24km/h north-westerly wind with gusts up to 55 km/h.
I apologise for my late replies to comments, we seem to have been very busy and also a number of visits for me to the dentist - still more to go!!
I apologise for my late replies to comments, we seem to have been very busy and also a number of visits for me to the dentist - still more to go!!
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
As above.
A lone daffodil with a bug!
Our neighbour's chickens.
Our neighbour's lamb...
As above in plural.
Do you think it still works!!..
These look in slightly better shape.
A lost feather.
Dandelion and bug.
Ivy.
The quiet track leading down to a stream.
Self-seeded rapeseed by the side of the road.
Rose bedeguar galls caused by the wasp (Diplolepis rosae). The female lays up to 60 eggs within each leaf bud. The grubs develop within the gall. I put a picture of one on an earlier blog but this is a better photo.
Long-leaved Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia).
Last but not least there were still some cranes around flying North but I was in thick woodland so photos were almost impossible.
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