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359/366 Winter white

24 Thursday Dec 2020

Posted by sconzani in animals, birds, flowers, fungi, lichen, winter

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the colour white, white in nature, white wildflowers

With no chance of a white Christmas for me, I thought I’d share some of Nature’s whiteness instead.

201224 1 snowberry
201224 2 cow
201224 3 oxeye daisy
201224 4 cat
201224 5 bindweed
201224 6 goat's-beard
201224 7 mute swan
201224 8 snowman
201224 9 sheep
201224 10 Honey fungus
201224 11 horse
201224 12 yarrow
201224 13 lichen
201224 14 White Spindles
201224 15 white campion

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178/365 Oxeyes

27 Thursday Jun 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, flowers, nature, wildflowers

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British wildflowers, daisies, Dog daisy, Horse daisy, Moon daisy, Moonpenny, Oxeye daisy, white wildflowers, wildflowers

I’ve gone butterflying today – fingers crossed I’ll have some beauties to show you tomorrow. In the meantime, I hope these Oxeye daisies will brighten your day as much as they always do mine.

190627 ox-eye daisy (j)

These are Leucanthemum vulgare, also known as Dog daisies, Horse daisies, Moon daisies, Moonpennies and Marguerites. Once abundant in agricultural grasslands, they’ve been driven out of those areas, mostly because of the industrialisation and chemicalisation of modern farming, so now they’re the early colonisers of brown-field sites and roadside verges, and flourish in unimproved grasslands.

190627 ox-eye daisy (a)
190627 ox-eye daisy (b)
190627 ox-eye daisy (c)
190627 ox-eye daisy (d)
190627 ox-eye daisy (e)
190627 ox-eye daisy (f)
190627 ox-eye daisy (g)
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190627 ox-eye daisy (i)

If you want to know more about these cheery flowers, check out Plantlife’s website, which always has a wealth of fascinating information about Britain’s wildflowers.

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63/365 Sweet violets

04 Monday Mar 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, flowers, nature, wildflowers

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British wildflowers, Sweet violet, Viola odorata, violet, white wildflowers, wildflowers

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When I see violets, I always think of my nana Johno, my mother’s mother. She always had violets growing in her garden and would often pick a few to bring inside so she could enjoy their sweet scent. I spotted these particular violets on my way to Cosmeston this morning, growing wild on a grassy bank. I wasn’t able to smell them but I’m fairly sure these are Sweet violets (Viola odorata), which, as well as the traditional purple colour, can also be found in this pretty white variation.

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Taking great pleasure …

27 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by sconzani in autumn, flowers, nature, wildflowers

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#FloralFriday, autumn colour, autumn flowers, British wildflowers, white wildflowers, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers

‘Who would live happily in the country
must be wisely prepared to take great pleasure in little things.’
~ Henry Beston, in Northern Farm: A chronicle of Maine, Reinhart & Co, 1948

171027 Bindweed
171027 Sow thistle
171027 Daisy
171027 Dandelion agg
171027 Yarrow
171027 Buttercup agg

 

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I'm a writer and photographer; researcher and blogger; birder and nature lover; countryside rambler and city strider; volunteer and biodiversity recorder.

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