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Category: Biology

September 23, 2019October 22, 2020

How brown is “brownfield” land?

July 18, 2019March 18, 2020

When is a wildflower not a wildflower…

October 16, 2018October 22, 2020

Alpines treasures in the Swiss Jura mountains

August 12, 2014November 15, 2017

An island of flowers – Part 7: Marine treasures

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014

When plants glow

February 2, 2014

Taxonomy treasures

May 27, 2013May 28, 2013

Pond thrills with Froglife

February 12, 2013

The fascinating world of butterflies on display

January 29, 2013

How do bats cross a motorway? – the results!

August 11, 2012August 16, 2012

Dormouse discovery

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012

Parasol and cocktail glasses ?

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Back from a cold and wet, but flower-filled week of @naturetrek_wildlife_holidays trip to the Vercors in SE France. The meadows were looking glorious, with so much colour 🌸🌻🪻🌼🏵️ In Bretagne, must be cider time! Nice tasting @cidreriedugolfe (including that 40 year old bottle!) 🍻 Marais salants #ilederé 🧂 Cute ring 💍Meloe violaceus (Violet Oil Beetle, Méloé violet) Fluffy and cheerful, must be Prunus 'Kanzan' time 🌸 Pulsatilla 'Rote Glocke' ('Red Bells') brightening my alpine trough. When the flowers wilt, they turn upwards, revealing the stamens 🌸 Luxembourg City looking perfect in the spring sun 💚 Orange tip butterfly looking so perfect on a daffodil stem 🦋💛 Super excited to share pictures of this rare daffodil hybrid found on my latest @naturetrek_wildlife_holidays tour in Southern Spain, N. x libarensis. This is a cross between a rock jonquil N. cuatrecasasii and a paperwhite, N. papyraceus (I've added pics of both parents). It was described in 1995, from the exact valley where we found it. It has intermediate characters (pale yellow flowers, larger, wider leaves and flowers between its parents). 😍

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