tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71606856717429054142024-03-14T03:27:18.282+00:00My Pensby GardenA natural history and gardening blog based on our garden in Pensby, Wirral, Cheshire, but with very occasional excursions farther afield.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-16687637315254276882012-05-29T03:57:00.001+01:002012-05-29T04:00:00.273+01:00Moving!No, I'm not moving house but I am moving blog.<br />
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I have decided to discontinue this blog for the time being and post photos of flowers and animals in my Pensby garden on my <a href="http://scriptorsenex.blogspot.co.uk/">Rambles from My Chair blog</a>. I hope I shall see you hanging around there. <br />
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<br />Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-36944127235386130402012-04-28T03:14:00.002+01:002012-04-28T03:14:37.044+01:00The Last week of AprilThere are lots of garden photos to post from March and the first three weeks of April but I am afraid that if I try posting them first I'll never catch up with myself so here are some from this last week.<br />
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Aubretia in the wall of the former fishpond (now a water garden) on the patio.<br />
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Our new Broom. May it sweep clean.<br />
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The best smelling pot in the garden - lavender, sage and rosemary. Will someone tell that baby hedgehog he shouldn't sit in his food. Sadly, we haven't seen our real hedgehogs at all this year. I wonder if they have gone elsewhere? <br />
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The tiny Mossy Saxifrage.<br />
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The ground in the front garden is now littered with fallen cherry petals.<br />
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The Beech in my hedge of native plants still retains last year's leaves.<br />
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A tiny Geranium leaf.<br />
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The White Lilac has survived my fairly drastic pruning last year and is flowering well. It's a pity it isn't the lilac lilac! <br />
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The Marsh Marigolds from Helen's are flowering in the marsh.<br />
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And we have Violets and Pansies of every shade imaginable on the patio.<br />
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Even though the front lawn is covered in petals there is still plenty of blossom on the Cherry.<br />
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And by contrastv with the fifteen foot high cherry we have the two inch high Spring Squill. If only we had more of them. Perhaps one year I shall buy a load and plant them around the base of one of the trees.<br />
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<br />Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-69982449204751039632012-04-10T06:44:00.000+01:002012-04-10T06:44:08.350+01:00March 2012It's been a marvellous March this year - so mild and sunny and dry. I was working in the garden virtually all month. Not that I did anything energetic but it was lovely to be out in the Spring-like weather.<br />
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On 1st March we still had Snowdrops;<br />
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and the first Daffodils were just coming out.<br />
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Frogs were emerging from their hiding places;<br />
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and so were the insects like Ladybirds.<br />
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But by the end of the month the hanging baskets were planted;<br />
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The pots on the patio were looking colourful;<br />
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</div>Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-44133555933468480692011-07-01T04:35:00.000+01:002011-07-01T04:35:00.661+01:00FernI have a number of ferns in the garden, most of which originated at the caravan where they grew wild in the garden. Unfortunately, despite having a number of fern identification books, I have difficulty identifying them.<br />
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This fern which can be found half way up the ‘waterfall’ on my top pond (sounds grand but the waterfall is a pump-driven trickle and the pond about 6 square feet) has very leathery and shiny fronds and meets some of the description of Hard Shield Fern (<i>Polystichum aculeatum</i>) but the frond shape is wrong. <br />
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I would love to have a fern expert come and identify them for me though he would find the exercsie fairly unexciting as I'm sure they are all very common species..Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-13818505149094637792011-06-30T23:12:00.007+01:002011-06-30T23:12:00.589+01:00Pollen Beetle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IVxjoQXnIag/Tgy9rgg5bQI/AAAAAAAAafM/oEV9ZIADOg0/s1600/300611+pollen+beetles+goatsbeard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IVxjoQXnIag/Tgy9rgg5bQI/AAAAAAAAafM/oEV9ZIADOg0/s400/300611+pollen+beetles+goatsbeard.JPG" width="347" /></a></div><br />
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The Goatsbeard is covered in pollen beetles, each about 2.5mm (one tenth of an inch) long..<br />
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This one fell onto my hand while I was taking photos and I was fortunate enough to capture it as it opened its elytra and showed its wings.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-39578840061957030592011-06-30T19:12:00.000+01:002011-06-30T19:12:13.523+01:00An unidentified millipede<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNNkD9jD23w/Tgy8Vt8XcLI/AAAAAAAAae0/1zC8aTsJETE/s1600/220611%2Bmillipede.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DNNkD9jD23w/Tgy8Vt8XcLI/AAAAAAAAae0/1zC8aTsJETE/s400/220611%2Bmillipede.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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I had a look at some of the mini-species lurking in the undergrowth of the back garden. This is the Chrysalis Snail (<i>Lauria cylindracea</i>) - a common snail of woods, hedges and walls. It's only 3mm or 4mm long compared to the common Garden snail which is 35mm to 40mm high.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-38183163995678820342011-06-18T06:17:00.000+01:002011-06-18T06:17:00.659+01:00Goatsbeard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wYSlGjOmcB0/TfRMbNQNqcI/AAAAAAAAaSA/cs0xOLcOCGE/s1600/100611+garden.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wYSlGjOmcB0/TfRMbNQNqcI/AAAAAAAAaSA/cs0xOLcOCGE/s400/100611+garden.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Goatsbeard </span><i>(Aruncus dioicus</i>) is one of the native plants I have in the garden. It has taken over a spot by the pond and doesn't seem to mind how much I cut it back to keep it in its place without overflowing too far. It's a very accommodating plant.<br />
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A Father's Day present from last year from Bryony and Mark was Iris 'Arctic Age'. It has made a perfect Father's Day present for this year as well as it is flowering in the build up to Sunday.<br />
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Another Iris from Bryony and Mark was Iris 'Silverado'Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-70010265153809150912011-06-16T08:30:00.005+01:002011-06-16T08:30:00.819+01:00Mesembryanthemums<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ne8cwBrCnic/Tfhf0rNCtAI/AAAAAAAAaaw/SxNoI3BO_Kk/s1600/140611+mesenbryanthemum.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ne8cwBrCnic/Tfhf0rNCtAI/AAAAAAAAaaw/SxNoI3BO_Kk/s400/140611+mesenbryanthemum.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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I think these may have reached the end of their useful life!Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-22672078730173471132011-06-14T06:16:00.003+01:002011-06-14T06:16:00.317+01:00Garden Villain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ggV92wseoow/TfRL60BGmrI/AAAAAAAAaR8/TJb3MnGQk9o/s1600/310511+snail+back+garden.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ggV92wseoow/TfRL60BGmrI/AAAAAAAAaR8/TJb3MnGQk9o/s400/310511+snail+back+garden.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">But he looks so innocent when he's a youngster. </div>Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-38677167448102515822011-06-13T06:11:00.010+01:002011-06-13T06:11:00.257+01:00Annuals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjdanAVxFMY/TfRKombJ-EI/AAAAAAAAaRQ/Lab9tR5AePg/s1600/100611%2Bcalceolaria.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjdanAVxFMY/TfRKombJ-EI/AAAAAAAAaRQ/Lab9tR5AePg/s400/100611%2Bcalceolaria.JPG" width="327" /></a></div><br />
Among the annuals I've planted this year are Calceolaria.<br />
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Mesembryanthemum <br />
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and Osteospermum.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-78359471564222950482011-06-12T16:37:00.000+01:002011-06-12T16:37:58.425+01:00The pergola<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hgmCdiQA-gw/TfTct511YII/AAAAAAAAaXU/RUEW1-XiwYU/s1600/100611+archway.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hgmCdiQA-gw/TfTct511YII/AAAAAAAAaXU/RUEW1-XiwYU/s640/100611+archway.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />
We are much more used to sitting on the patio and looking through the pergola in the reverse dircetion.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-53775620998830404022011-06-11T13:57:00.001+01:002011-06-11T14:08:15.791+01:00The Gap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AJSds5P0FWY/TfNlba3txfI/AAAAAAAAaP4/8eiAlH3O3oU/s1600/100611%2Bfront%2Bhedge.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AJSds5P0FWY/TfNlba3txfI/AAAAAAAAaP4/8eiAlH3O3oU/s400/100611%2Bfront%2Bhedge.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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This is the gap in the front hedge that loss of the Fuchsia created last winter. Just clearing out the dead wood has been a massive job and I've left some in there to act as a support to a Clematis montana 'Freda' that I've bought to help fill in the hole as quickly as possible. To my surprise, in clearing out the dead wood I eventually came across the bottom of the main trunk and there were some new shoots growing from it so the plant itself has survived. Just twenty years to wait for it to fill in the hole again. <br />
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Fuchsia genii<br />
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Fuchsia Dr Foster<br />
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I also bought a Fuchsia genii and a Fuchsia Dr Foster to help with the gap filling. I also have a successful cutting of Viburnum plicatum which I shall add when I can reach the spot I want to plant it. That's still buried behind more dead wood! <br />
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While at the nursery I bought another Fuchsia (F. hatschbachii) and it was my original intention to replace the Solanum with it. Jo has since mentioned how much she also liked the Solanum so for the moment I shall leave the space there in the hope of replacing it.<br />
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I also got two more Clematis and their future location has yet to be decided. <br />
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Clematis 'Bonanza'<br />
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Clematis 'Arabella'<br />
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I was thinking of having one by the front door. There was a climbing plant there (before our time) and the trellis still remains. But the spot gets no sun at all. Would a Clematis flower there I wonder? I think I'll keep one in its pot for a year or two and let it grow up the trellis. If it fails to flower I can then move it.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-54588218243475834002011-06-07T20:47:00.007+01:002011-06-07T20:47:00.519+01:00Froghopper larvaI have been very remiss of late and not shown many insects on this blog (though my pictures of the <i>Ceanothus </i>did show a honey bee and a carder bee).<br />
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I accidentally brushed against some cuckoo spit the other day and this froghopper larva ended up on my hand.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-842984744398771052011-06-06T17:42:00.014+01:002011-06-06T17:42:00.228+01:00Some more flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-huaMu3HD-Sc/TepgnTc3YvI/AAAAAAAAaE8/VrHRSuWdMiE/s1600/030611+clematis+niobe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-huaMu3HD-Sc/TepgnTc3YvI/AAAAAAAAaE8/VrHRSuWdMiE/s400/030611+clematis+niobe.JPG" width="386" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The most common butterfly in our garden is the Speckled Wood. It happily plays around both front and back gardens and can be seen for much of the year.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-51377801036516274362011-06-04T20:47:00.000+01:002011-06-04T20:47:17.939+01:00Baby Great Tit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2VDqmuSSdJE/TeqLYfyqlWI/AAAAAAAAaFQ/Q5f-p4pOUtI/s1600/040611+baby+great+tit40.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2VDqmuSSdJE/TeqLYfyqlWI/AAAAAAAAaFQ/Q5f-p4pOUtI/s400/040611+baby+great+tit40.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br />
The baby Great Tits have just flown their nest and this one was sitting in my Cox Orange Pippin. Mummy (or Daddy) was perched nearby cheeping - obviously telling the little one not to move while the big scary monster pointed a camera at it!<br />
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The <i>Clematis montana</i> was a huge mass of flowers - at least twelve feet high and sixteen feet across.<br />
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The <i>Viburnum plicatum</i> was a mass of flowers and will be covered in berries in the Autumn.<br />
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Similarly the <i>Ceanothus thyrsiflorus</i> 'Skylark' is covered in flowers. As always it attracts a host of bees.<br />
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A few years ago I began to grow a natural hedge with native British species in it and for the last couple of years it has been excellent. One disappointment was that my rose hadn't flowered in it. On 31st May that was put to rights and it has produced a few flowers now - much to the delight of the bumble bees.<br />
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The annuals, such as these Petunias, are looking good.<br />
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And Iris 'Victoria Falls' is splendid.<br />
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The yellow Iris Helen gave me have thrived in the marshy area and are making a good display.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-54264347028396644952010-12-20T17:03:00.000+00:002010-12-20T17:03:24.403+00:00Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__qzX-0fL9Js/TQ-Ln0wyU4I/AAAAAAAAZ4o/nxhxRN6J00A/s1600/201210+robin8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__qzX-0fL9Js/TQ-Ln0wyU4I/AAAAAAAAZ4o/nxhxRN6J00A/s640/201210+robin8.JPG" width="494" /></a></div><br />
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And there has to be a Robin when there is snow. <br />
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And snow there certainly is!!!<br />
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This follows weeks of heavy frost.<br />
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The dark (and dirty windows!) reduced the quality of the photos.<br />
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This is the second time in recent weeks that a Sparrowhawk has caught a pigeon and plucked it on our lawn leaving piles of feathers to be collected up.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-26462904857863009332010-08-14T11:53:00.002+01:002010-08-14T11:53:43.719+01:00An August visitor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__qzX-0fL9Js/TGZ1olCW6bI/AAAAAAAAYfo/v0mehfWzDCA/s1600/060810+southern+hawker.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__qzX-0fL9Js/TGZ1olCW6bI/AAAAAAAAYfo/v0mehfWzDCA/s400/060810+southern+hawker.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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I had a pair of Southern Hawkers in the garden on 6th August. One of them wouldn't stay still at all but fortunately the other stopped - very briefly - for me.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160685671742905414.post-6483203197262735142010-07-30T15:01:00.027+01:002010-07-30T15:01:00.682+01:00Moths from a moth nightThese moths were taken in my moth trap on the night of 26th / 27th June.<br />
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Buff Ermine<br />
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Dark Arches<br />
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Double Square Spot<br />
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Dusky Brocade<br />
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Flame <br />
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Garden Carpet<br />
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Gothic<br />
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Grey Chi<br />
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Heart and Dart<br />
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Hebrew Character<br />
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Ingrailed clay<br />
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Map-winged Swift<br />
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Marbled Beauty<br />
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Mottled Beauty<br />
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Riband Wave<br />
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The Uncertain <br />
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