Life’s tool kit

Posted by on Mar 15, 2015 in 2015, General, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2015

 

Sunshine and water, east ride. (more…)

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Type of Candlesnuff

Posted by on Mar 14, 2015 in 2015, Candlesnuff, Fungi, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, sp.Xylaria, March 2015

 

Looks like sp.Xylaria, carpophila or hypoxylon (provisional identification). (more…)

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Border country

Posted by on Mar 13, 2015 in 2015, General, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2015

 

Looking south-east from the south of the wood. (more…)

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Named for skewers and spindles

Posted by on Mar 12, 2015 in 2015, March, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, March 2015

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, from the Anglo-Saxon ‘spinel’ meaning pin, from an early use of the wood. (more…)

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Spring has sprung

Posted by on Mar 11, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March 2015

 

Real feeling of Spring in the wood with buzzard, roe deer, pheasant all spotted along with Brimstone and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and … (more…)

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Rabbit by moonlight

Posted by on Mar 10, 2015 in 2015, Fauna, March, Rabbit, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, March 2015

 

Early Easter bunny sneaks into photo. (more…)

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Claire Prosser, RIP. The track of my tears part 2

Posted by on Dec 11, 2014 in 2014, March, Spring | 3 comments

 

 

Claire Prosser, March 2014

 

Today we celebrate the life of Claire Prosser, 1960-2014, my fellow wood steward and wife of 25 years. (more…)

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A mighty oak …

Posted by on Jun 3, 2014 in 2014, May, Oak, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, May 2014

 

… in the making. (more…)

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Bush Vetch

Posted by on Jun 2, 2014 in 2014, Bush Vetch, Flowers, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bush Vetch, May 2014

 

Vicia sepium. (more…)

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The red and the green

Posted by on Jun 1, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, May, Provisional identification, Spring, Wood Dock | 0 comments

 
Flowers, Wood Dock, provisional identification, May 2014
 

Possibly leaf spot on Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus. (more…)

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Green screen

Posted by on May 31, 2014 in 2014, Fern, Male Fern, May, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fern, unidentified, May 2014

 

Possibly Male Fern, Dryopteris filix-mas. (more…)

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‘What is a snail’s fury?’

Posted by on May 30, 2014 in 2014, May, Mollusc, Snail, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

Mollusc, Snail, unidentified, May 2014

 

From ‘Considering the Snail’ by Thom Gunn (more…)

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