Sunday 13 July 2014

Woodman Spare That Tree - Pope and Morris 1830's

As the nights get warmer and more humid and clouds block out the full moor numbers from the traps have almost doubled. Last night saw
 The delightful
 GREEN SILVER-LINES
 PINE CARPET
 SEPTEMBER THORN
 BARRED RED
yes, I know it's Green I cannot figure it either. There is a
Red version.
GARDEN TIGER
a typical
all added to the lists while
 CORONET
 (dark morph) CORONET
have appeared in two distinct colour forms
which has caused me more than one bout of head-scratching.
 DINGY SHEARS
another I have been getting to grips with.
During a short wander
 BLACK HOREHOUND
 COMMON MALLOW
 an 'escapee' from a garden
DAYLILY
were all found but most prominent over the past couple of days
has been the continuous sound of 'chain sawing'. 
Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! 
In youth it sheltered me, and I'll protect it now. 
'Twas my forefather's hand that placed it near his cot: 
There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not!
It's an Ill Wind that doesn't blow somebody some good, and that
is just what the winter gales did.
No one likes to see these mighty leviathans get uprooted, but that's
what happens in nature. With all the 'plant' needed to harvest such an opportunity
with 2 days of hard work the winter heating bills are negated.
This is the gaping void left by just one tree.
The good news? It will be replaced!
Once an everyday part of working life for me, but it's been a while
LUGGED BOW SHACKLE
 LESSER BURDOCK
 about to burst into flower. When it does we hope to bring you the images
as that is the last we will see of it. Once this huge plant blooms it dies!
A Moth Trap may well be put in place as well!
LULWORTH SKIPPER
 MARSH WOUNDWORT
PINK WOOD SORREL
 SCENTLESS MAYWEED
 SMALL RED-EYED DAMSELFLY
freshly emerged by the look of it.
We hope to bring you some more mature (blue) ones in the near future.
 TUFTED VETCH
 WHITE COMFREY
YELLOW WATER LILY
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