Eynsham Online - Nature Notes

Nature Notes

#01 Bee and bramble flower. Should be a good crop this year. 14 June 2012 - Eynsham Online
#02 Eynsham mushrooms © Helen Peacocke 14/11/2011. The oak leaf on the larger cap may provide a clue to location ...
#03 thistle heads © Sue Osborne 10/07/2011. More contributions are always welcome - please get in touch!
#04 Viburnum opulus on Oxford Road - 11 October 2010 - Eynsham Online.

#05 This and the next 11 snaps are a miscellany of hedgerow plants and wild fruit on the Eynsham Mill Walk, autumn 2010. The clematis is an escapee from a garden near the start of the walk.
#06 Sloes on Cassington Road - 11 September 2010 - Eynsham Online
#07 Crabapple - 11 September 2010 - Eynsham Online
#08 Hops in unexpected places - 11 September 2010 - Eynsham Online.

#09 There are elderberries if you've missed the blackberries - 11 September 2010 - Eynsham Online
#10 Eynsham Online - 11 September 2010
#11 Hawthorn berries are abundant this year - 11 September 2010 - Eynsham Online
#12 Teasel heads in the Millennium Wood - 12 September 2010 - Eynsham Online

#17 Southern Marsh Orchid © John & Sara Bannister 29/05/2009
#18 Red Admiral butterfly vanessa atalanta on south playing fields © Verity Hughes 13/10/2006. It is a regular and common visitor to the British Isles, and seems to be here in great abundance this year. Spring arrivals produce a second generation in late summer but do not normally survive the winter. The caterpillar varies in colour from black to greenish grey with a yellow line along the sides and with the upper surface covered with rows of spines. It feeds on nettle, spinning leaves together to make a tent-like shelter. Butterflies are on the wing from May to October and are attracted to wild and garden flowers.
#19 Bee on blackthorn blossom at Eynsham Abbey Fishponds © Verity Hughes
#20 Caterpillar at Eynsham Abbey Fishponds © Verity Hughes

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