Our wood is part of a copse which lies within the Low Weald, described by Natural England as … “a broad low-lying clay vale which runs around three sides of the High Weald through Kent, Sussex and Surrey …” Despite its relatively small size, around five acres, our wood contains a variety of habitats, including glades, rides, ditches and a pond – possibly the result of a past attempt at some form of extraction industry. After discussion with the...
A by no means exhaustive list of sites we’ve found useful and/or entertaining: 1: Identifying species General sites: Wildlife Sightings UK – which you can find at https://en-gb.facebook.com/wildlifesightingsuk – also has more than 11,000 Twitter followers who are great at getting back quickly on unidentified species. Wild About Britain “hundreds of thousands of pages” on British wildlife at...
This site is an attempt to chronicle life in a small wood. It began as a family photo album but while organising three years’ worth of pictures we were overwhelmed by how much we had and how little we knew! We decided that the pictures might form the basis for a photographic record of a wood in southern England. We take photos at least once a month so that we can observe the changing seasons and record what we find. Pictures will be posted over a...
The list below shows flora and fauna identified in 2017 and preceding years. Photographs of many species can be found by using the search box or categories (See the Searching This Site page). Key: 1: 2017* refers to a species recorded for the first time in 2017. 2: 2017+ refers to species recorded every year from 2013, when we began recording. NB: The site also has photos from 2009-2012, when we did not record. 3: ‘pi’ means provisionally...
Please note that searched for items appear at the bottom of the page you have searched from. You can search the site using “Categories” or the search box. Categories: A drop down box with all the current listed categories can be found on the right hand side of each page. Clicking on any of the category titles will produce all posts containing that word. On the occasions when we think we know what the photo shows, the flora or fauna has...
A photo blog recording an English wood
'Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own …' Charles Dickens
Our wood is part of a copse which lies within the Low Weald, described by Natural England as … “a broad low-lying clay vale which runs around three sides of the High Weald through Kent, Sussex and Surrey …”
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