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Nature thread

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I though it might be nice to have a thread that we can take into the summer and beyond, as the Spring thread will soon be redundant.

Please remember not to upload an image in the same post as words or it might break the thread - please add your words by replying to the image.

Thank you.

Yesterday  sent me down a rabbit hole when she mentioned this book on the 3 Good Things thread:

https://lithub.com/a-book-to-conjure-nature-when-we-need-it-most/

I then looked at this book:

www.thelostwords.org/.../

The reason for the book made me sad:

“When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these ‘lost words’ included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail…."

Please add anything related to nature that interests you.

Thank you.

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  • in reply to Homebird

    That is really cool to have painted ladies just flying into your garden. I am very excited to do the kit B is doing (ours are in caterpiller stage but growing fast), as I have never seen them before, so quite envious!

    (Having got into spotting them when we lived in Warwickshire, and seeing gatekeepers, meadow browns, commas, ringlets, speckled wood, brimstone, small skippers, common blue, as well as the more common ones - red admiral, small tortoiseshell, peacock, orangetip, small and large white). 

    I'm always fascinated to hear what species others have encountered!

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  • in reply to Homebird
    Homebird said:
    I presume common blue

    Holly blue is what we get.

    Cinnabar_wing said:
    I am very excited to do the kit B is doing (ours are in caterpiller stage but growing fast),

    Enjoy.

    We have just purchased more.

    Butterflies are scarce in the garden right now but last year I saw several species including holly blue peacock painted lady whites gatekeepers speckled wood brimstone and red admiral.

    Marianne72 said:
    I'm going to put fructose in a small waterbath [with 'stepping stones' for insects].

    I've got a bee one of those with the stones but have never used fructose.

    In the intense heat on the patio at the moment it needs topping up every day. 

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    I read somewhere that Painted ladies are now common, perhaps because of kits.

    Earlier this year, apart from the whites I have seen brimstone, speckled woods, commas, peacocks, lots of the little blues- I presume common blue and red admiral. Red admirals often stop on the wall to absorb the heat. I suppose no need in this heat.