{"id":2813,"date":"2019-05-01T18:45:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T18:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2019-05-16T23:56:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T23:56:28","slug":"close-up-in-the-graveyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/close-up-in-the-graveyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Close-up in the graveyard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Tuesday afternoon, on the way back home from a look around Providence Mill<\/a> in Baildon, I noticed a blue butterfly in the graveyard so I went home to get my Sigma 105mm macro lens<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I got back to the church yard I didn’t see any more blue butterflies but while waiting for one to show I did wander round with my camera. This is the first time I have had a decent session with the lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were quite a few areas of Bluebells varying from light blue to quite dark blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Herb Robert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blankets of Forget Me Not<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And hundreds of Dandelions, some with small black insects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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and others as seed heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I need to go back to get some wider shots of this plant so that I can identify it. At least with this shot you get an idea of scale because of the two Aphids on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edit: I have now been back and can identify the plant as Aquilegia\/Columbine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lady’s Smock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cherry Blossom is still on quite a few of the trees and looks like a blizzard when a strong gust of wind catches it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The air was thick with Aphids, Hoverflies, Wasps, etc. From the head of this one I would hazard that it is some kind of Hoverfly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And this one is one of the various kinds of … Er!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Speckled Wood was the only butterfly I spotted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the fir trees in the church yard had ladybirds and Harlequins on the ends of most of its branches. Hundreds if not thousands of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were also lots of Grey Mining Bees around. This one has just left its round nest hole that you can see behind it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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