CloseEyeOnAugust - Page 2 - Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk)'s Photos

August is the month that marks the height of summer. Yet, while green is still the dominant colour of the Crane, the cycle of life is starting to close for many of the local species.

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Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The Large White is the biggest of the three white butterflies that can be found along the Crane. This August specimen is looking a little bit dog-eared.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Marjoram is a fragrant herb that is in flower in August and can be found in the meadow to the west of Hospital Bridge Road.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Areas of still water are normally host to Pond Skaters in August. In fact the Crane does not have many ponds, with Crane Park Island providing the best habitat.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > One of our commonest wild flowers, the Smooth Sow-thistle, has turned to seed in August. This perfect spherical seedhead is made up of hundreds of elongated feathery seeds.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Young shieldbugs pass through several moults before becoming adults. This appears to be a mature nymph form of the Hawthorn Shieldbug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > August normally provides an abundance of brilliant summer days where puffy white clouds pump through an azure sky, here reflected in the waters of the inner lagoon at Crane Park Island.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > These snails (probably Garden Snails) were seen one August afternoon wedged into the trunk of a Horse Chestnut tree in Crane Park.

The Large White is the biggest of the three white butterflies that can be found along the Crane. This August specimen is looking a little bit dog-eared.

> The Large White is the biggest of the three white butterflies that can be found along the Crane. This August specimen is looking a little bit dog-eared.

The Large White is the biggest of the three white butterflies that can be found along the Crane. This August specimen is looking a little bit dog-eared.

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