Datura stramonium (Thorn-apple, Jimsonweed), a poisonous member of the nightshade family, used by Central American shamans. Growing in a field near #Bath #Somerset #UK, likely came from pheasant food.
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Dragonflies yesterday at Folly Farm and Lord's Wood, a few miles from #Bath #Somerset #UK - Migrant Hawker, Southern Hawker, Willow Emerald and Common Darter
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Hoverflies on Small Teasel - Hornet Hoverfly, Lesser Hornet Hoverfly & Rhingia rostrata. All rare 20 years ago, probably spreading due to #climatechange
#Bath #Somerset #UK
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My #Robin friend Henry is trying out a new hairdo (he's moulting his head feathers at the moment).
In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Two shieldbugs:
Forest Bug - nymphs feed on trees, adults often feed on caterpillars and fruits
Birch Shieldbug - usually on birches
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Highlights from a moth trap at Bath City Farm
Privet Hawkmoth
Small Elephant Hawkmoth
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Iron Prominent
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Kite-tailed Robberfly (Machimus atricapillus). This aerial acrobat is a predator of flying insects, and can easily catch an unsuspecting hoverfly.
In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Insects from a recent visit to a beautiful downland site near #Bath #Somerset #UK - the micro-moth Pyrausta purpuralis, the #beetle Sermylassa halensis, Six-belted Clearwing #moth and Common Blue #butterfly
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The other day I sat and watched a family of Coots on Hunstrete Lake, a few miles from #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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A single spike of Violet/Broad-leaved Helleborine hybrid is all that came up this year at at the only local site for Violet Helleborine. It had three flowers on it. Near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Henbane - a poisonous member of the nightshade family that has appeared in a garden in #Bath #Somerset #UK. Not native to the UK, but is naturalised. Bumblebees seemed to like it!
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Bloody-nosed Beetle - this species is named after a defensive red secretion it produces when threatened, which tastes foul to predators
At Claverton, near #Bath #Somerset #UK
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Clouded Yellow butterfly at Claverton, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Adder's-tongue Fern, near Claverton Down #Bath #Somerset #UK.
This tiny fern is an indicator of ancient grasslands.
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Small Skipper on Field Scabious, at Brown's Folly nature reserve, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.

More pavement plants and street weeds in and around Twerton High Street, in #Bath #Somerset #UK. Hedgerow Crane's-bill, Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Red Dead-nettle and Black Nightshade
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My #Robin friend Little Mate eating his breakfast this morning. He has grown new tail feathers, but is still going through his summer moult. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Common Toadflax in flower at Southstoke, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. Lots growing beside the pathway at the top of the valley.
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