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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

21/04/2020 Day 35 of lock-down.

Maximum temperature here today 21⁰C, minimum 12⁰C. 4 mms rain measured this morning. 9km/h North-easterly wind with gusts up to 22 km/h.

Bee, think it got confused as to which was the flower and which was the seed head!

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria).

Bee on the quince blossom.

Crane-fly.

Love is in the air - crane-flies.

Green-veined white (Pieris napi).

Orange-tip Butterflies (Anthocharis cardamines).

Small white (Pieris rapae).

Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis).

Cattle in the field just beyond our house.

Horses in a neighbour's paddock.

Not sure what this blossom is seen across the road but it is pretty!

I have made an extra page on the wildflowers seen at home, or very close by, which if you are interested in, you can see the link at the top of the page under the main heading, on the green line,

Thursday, March 5, 2020

05/03/2020 Playing with frames.....

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 12C, minimum 6C. Rain all day not measured as yet. I am guessing that we are now over 200 mm this year. 36km/h North-westerly wind with gusts up to 86 km/h.

Because the weather is so bad I have been trying to take a few photos of flowers that are not too beaten up and I have been playing with frames for them. Something different!!

Cowslips (Primula veris).

I think this is wild Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum).

Gorse (Ulex europaeus).

House orchid (Cymbidium).

Wild buttercup (Ranunculaceae).

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivali).

Unknown blossom in the neighbour's orchard.

Wild Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea).

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus).

Japanese quince ( Chaenomeles japonica).

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus).

Camellia.

Friday, April 13, 2018

13/04/2018 Friday 13th and I am still trying to catch up :-) A wet walk in the garden yesterday.

Maximum temperature today 18C, minimum 7C. 5 mm of rain measured over the last two days; 11 km/h South Easterly winds with up to 29 km/h gusts.

Total rainfall so far this year now 435 mm.

Apple blossoms not quite out yet.

My possible identification is Hilara maura a species of dance fly but....

Japanese Quince.

Laurel.

Mirabelle Plum blossom.

Red Robin buds.

Tulips.

Apple blossom with unknown bug.

Dandelion clock.

Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)

N.B. My new bird blog is HERE

Part 4 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

20/03/2018 Same route, same shops, and same view of a slightly different sunset !

Maximum temperature today 6C, minimum 0C. Dry; 20 km/h North Easterly winds with up to 57 km/h gusts. Bitterly cold winds, despite blue skies, we both felt colder today than the rest of winter!!