A medley of photos from our walk on 6th August 2025. Enjoy
6th August 2025
High summer, the best of the wild flowers now are putting out seeds, out hedgerows now are rich in nuts and fruits (not all are ripe)
🔼Chestnut and 🔽 mistletoe
6th August 2025
A sure sign of changing season, the red-berried spire of Lords-and-Ladies 🔽
6th August 2025
The flowers fade and fall, but in some species the remaining bracts are beautiful when lit by the sun 🔽
6th August 2025
6th August 2025
🔼 Yes, spiders do have seasons. Looks like this one’s preparing. 🔽As to apples, what else says autumn quite so clearly
6th August 2025
6th August 2025
Hedgerow fruits: 🔼 Sloes and 🔽⏬ two varieties of cherry-plums, aka Mirabellas
6th August 2025
6th August 2025
6th August 2025
🔼 Blackberries continue to ripen over a long season while their leaves provide the first of the autumn colours 🔽 below the berries are coupled with hop flowers (blackberry beer, anyone?)
6th August 2025
🔽 More blackberries, here coupled with white bryony. Do not touch. Or at least, do not eat.
6th August 2025
6th August 2025
And to confirm the approach of autumn, we’re finding more fungi. Here I’ve only featured two but there are many more around
6th August 2025
Hope you enjoyed. Don’t forget Friday Fliers
crispina kemp 
Awesome pics
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Thank you, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome ☺️
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Glorious photos 😅😅😅
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Thank you, Willow
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A pleasure 💜
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Wonderful photos, all the fruit made me hungry!
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That time of year. That’s one thing I really notice with the photography, how the seasons change
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Yes, I imagine so! You live in a lovely area, I’m a bit envious!
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It has its drawbacks too. But yea, I’m not unaware of that, nor unappreciative
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enjoyed the nature today
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Thank you. Nature’s good. Nature’s wild.
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Awesome pics, Crispina. You had a very productive walk, and I enjoyed all the photographs you took.
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Some walks are better than others. But right now the heat is keeping me away from the lanes and byways. At least one week of archives coming up. Hope to get out the following week
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