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Banded Damoiselle
joins a merry courtship dance
settles a moment
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by Scooj
- It took me an eternity to find the female symbol (♀) but I got there in the end.
Banded Damoiselle
Category: 1. Haiku
Common Twayblade
.
Unseen green on green
delicate flowering spike
overlooked orchid
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by Scooj
Roman Snail
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Roman artefact
also known as escargot
grassland survivor
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by Scooj
- Roman snails are a naturalised species in the UK, thought to have been introduced by the Romans for food. This is the snail that is still prepared in France as ‘escargot’. However, some of the UK’s populations were decimated by people collecting them for cuisine or selling to such an extent that in 2008, the snails were given nearly total protection under the Wildlife & Countryside Act in order to save the remaining colonies. (Taken from a rather interesting RHS article)
Common Spotted Orchid
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On Leckhampton Hill
at home in limestone grassland
delicate orchid
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by Scooj
Helman Tor
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A rocky outcrop
drops to wet willow woodland
wind turbines turning
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by Scooj
A welcome to England’s newest National Nature Reserve – Mid Cornwall Moors NNR
Posy
.
Acerbic at times
more often a loving heart
my favourite aunt
.
don’t tell the other ones though
I’ll miss you so very much
.
by Scooj
Birdsong
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Warm sunny May day
a day-long birdsong chorus
nothing else matters
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by Scooj
My singing heart
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Swifts circle the air
screeching fair their arrival
for now all is well
.
by Scooj
Champions
.
Twenty-two long years
monkey on our back climbs down
no longer bridesmaids
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by Scooj
- on my beloved Arsenal Football Club at last becoming English Premier League champions again, and on the back of finishing second for the last three years.
Smooth Carrion-Beetle
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Off at a canter
from one edge to the other
pathway exposure
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 