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

July is the month where the diversity of life is at its most evident. Many animals and plants have already completed their first breeding cycle and the Crane flora is steadily changing.

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Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Only the very fortunate encounter a snake in Crane Park. This Grass snake is superbly camouflaged against the leaf litter on an early July evening on Crane Park Island.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The first brambles of the year attract creatures great and small.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > July sees some of our warmest, brightest and clearest days. The undergrowth is dappled in every imaginable shade of green.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The Holly Blue is in flight in July and easily seen along the Crane. It is the commonest blue butterly in the area but rarely rests with its wings open. This specimen is feeding on the flower of a Snowberry.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The Spear Thistle is the most classical thistle along the Crane. The large spiny heads are breaking into bloom in July.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > A hoverfly feeds in the welcoming embrace of an open Common Poppy as the flower trades nectar for pollen.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > In July the slender tendrils of the creeper White Bryony loop and twist in exquisite geometrical patterns through the shady understorey of woodland areas along the Crane.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > This might look like a moth but in fact the Large Skipper is one of the Crane's more unusual butterfly species and is in flight in July. This one is feeding on a Creeping Thistle.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Willows are one of the fastest growing trees along the Crane. This branch was cut at the end of June and within days a fresh shoot emerged and the process of regeneration began.

Only the very fortunate encounter a snake in Crane Park. This Grass snake is superbly camouflaged against the leaf litter on an early July evening on Crane Park Island.

> Only the very fortunate encounter a snake in Crane Park. This Grass snake is superbly camouflaged against the leaf litter on an early July evening on Crane Park Island.

Only the very fortunate encounter a snake in Crane Park. This Grass snake is superbly camouflaged against the leaf litter on an early July evening on Crane Park Island.

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