Cinnabar Moth

Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae), Redland, Bristol, June 2025
Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae), Redland, Bristol, June 2025

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On garden patrol

cinnabar moth entrances

daylong resident

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by Scooj

Cannon

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From Bristol rooftops

carrion crow cannon caws

reverberating

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by Scooj

Common European Greenbottle Fly

Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata). Redland, Bristol, June 2025
Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata), Redland, Bristol, June 2025

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Most harshly thought of

bothersome and annoying

bottle-green beauty

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by Scooj

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil, Polydrusus formosus, Redland, Bristol, June 2025
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil, Polydrusus formosus, Redland, Bristol, June 2025

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In the herb garden

a small emerald jewel

these warm summer days

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by Scooj

Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)

Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cythigerum), Nostell Gardens, West Yorkshire, June 2025
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cythigerum), Nostell Gardens, West Yorkshire, June 2025

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My poor failing eyes

so slow to settle on the

slender blue beauty

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by Scooj

What to write

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A fork in the road

write a nature haiku or

political rant

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by Scooj

Perfect day

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It is the best day

when swifts announce their return

invisible cries

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by Scooj

Shipley Glen

Shipley Glen, Bradford Pennine Gateway NNR, West Yorkshire, May 2025
Shipley Glen, Bradford Pennine Gateway NNR, West Yorkshire, May 2025

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High above Saltaire

where Victorians played

wildlife thrives in peace

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Sand Martin

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Deep in Leeds centre

sand martins sound their return

railway arches sing

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by Scooj

Field Horsetail

Field Horsetail, Equisetum arvense, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, April 2025
Field Horsetail, Equisetum arvense, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, April 2025

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Spore-bearing fertile

non-photosynthetic stem

natural marvel

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by Scooj

  • also a really annoying pernicious weed.