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Dormouse Hairs?

Dormouse Hairs?

Microscope images at low magnificationm that seem to show the characteristic closed cells of a...

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Uploaded on Jul 29, 2008

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A closer view of the same batch of hairs.

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Uploaded on Jul 29, 2008

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Heartsease

Eyebright

Lovely little field pansy, a familiar sight around the edges of arable fields on...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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A lovely little plant here photographed on Brading Down - a fabulous stretch of chalk grassland and...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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Chalkhill Blue

6-spot Burnet Moth

Another highlight of a summer walk on Brading Down, clouds of these beautiful...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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These are everywhere at the moment, a distinctive and colourful day-flying moth. There is also a...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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Red Admiral

Oxtongue Broomrape Orobanche artemesiae-campestris

A familiar but nonetheless spectacular big butterfly. It's a strongly migratory species and the...

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Uploaded on Jul 24, 2008

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Out on the Afton roadside verge with Pyramidal Orchids.

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Uploaded on Jul 3, 2008

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Oxtongue Broomrape

Common Broomrape Orobanche minor

A spectacularly rare flower in the UK but doing very well out on the cliffs at Afton and...

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Uploaded on Jul 3, 2008

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Growing in the field alongside the new access road to the Kingston development in East Cowes.

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Uploaded on Jul 3, 2008

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Brittle Star

Chiton

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Uploaded on Jun 9, 2008

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A very curious mollusc.

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Uploaded on Jun 9, 2008

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Knotted Clover and Clustered Clover

Knotted Clover

Two rather scarce little clovers found here growing together on a nice sandy roadside verge. Knotted...

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Uploaded on Jun 6, 2008

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A shot to show the distinctive flower head as it goes over.

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Uploaded on Jun 6, 2008

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Clustered Clover

Yarrow Broomrape

Showing the star-like flowers as they go over.

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Uploaded on Jun 6, 2008

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Just a spectacularly beautiful plant. it's parasitic on Yarrow (no surprise) and is a...

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Uploaded on Jun 6, 2008

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Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata

Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense

A fabulous picture of this early dragonfly by Dave Dana out on Brading Marshes.

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Uploaded on May 13, 2008

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Another marvellous shot by dave Dana also on Brading Marshes. This is still a very scarce species on...

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Uploaded on May 13, 2008

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