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Plant – Violet Family (Violaceae)

Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)
   Dicotyledons (flowering plants with two seed-leaves)
      Violet Family (Violaceae)
         Genus – Viola

Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), Whitwell Wood, Derbyshire.
Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), Laughton Wood.
Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana), Melton Wood.
Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), Melton Wood.
Early Dog Violet (Viola reichenbachiana), Laughton Wood.
Early Dog Violet (Viola reichenbachiana), Laughton Wood.
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis), Lound, Notts.
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis), Barrow Hills.
Field Pansy )Viola arvensis), Anston Stones Wood.
Hairy Violet (Viola hirta), Whitwell Wood, Derbyshire.
Hairy Violet (Viola hirta), Anston Stones Wood.
Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea), Deep Dale, Derbyshire.
Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea), Slaley Fields, Derbyshire.
Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea), Slaley Fields, Derbyshire.
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata var dumetorum), Lindrick Common.
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata), Lound, Notts
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata),  Cusworth Hall & Park.
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata) Bessacarr Bank 8 March
Teesdale Violet (Viola rupestris), Cow Green Reservoir, North Pennines

https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/2018/04/hairy-voilet-viola-hirta-identification.html

https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/2018/04/sweet-violet-viola-ordorata-and-variants.html

https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/search/label/Violet%20Identification

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  • Next Meeting – Friday 14th August 2026 to Hatfield Moor 12 August 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026

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Mistletoe (Viscum album), near Bawtry Road, Doncaster. Philodromus agg., Brook Walk, North Anston.

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Pine Carpet Moth - Pennithera firmata Sykehouse Meadows. Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus, Lound. Purple Hairstreak Butterfly. (on ??) P3170096-scaled Bibio sp., NT Clumber Park (19/4/26) Pardosa saltans, female with egg sac., Loversall Delf, Potteric Carr. Sphaerophoria scripta, Brook Walk, North Anston June 22 Blue Tit - Parus caeruleus, Potteric Carr. Cybosia mesomella - Four-dotted Footman, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
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