Nature

Free download Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone female
Underwings like underside of ivy leaves, amongst which it hibernates.

Free download Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew
Folk-name batchelor`s buttons, this semi-double form grows in my garden.

G 1 Hibiscus syriacus Hibiscus Blue Bird
Shrub bears hundreds of these saucer-sized blooms.

G 2 Iris foetidissima Stinking Iris
Stinking Iris, also roast-beef plant from colour of seeds.

G 3 Cytisus praecoxx scoparius Broom: 'Goldfinch'.
A gaudy man-made variety.

G 4 Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle
Our commonest thistle, eat young stems by peeling them, if you dare!

N 1 Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly
Gardeners' friend, their grubs eat greenfly.

N 2 Gasterosteus aculeatus Three Spined Stickleback
Males build nests and care for eggs and young.

N 3 Larus cirrocephalus Grey Hooded Gull
Noisy and quarrelsome like all gulls.

N 4 Aglais urticae Small Tortoishell
Caterpillar spiky and eats stinging nettles.