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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Mesolithic survivor

Posted by on Apr 11, 2014 in 2014, Deer, Fauna, March, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, March 2014

 

Roe deer hind, Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Easter bunny

Posted by on Apr 10, 2014 in 2014, Fauna, March, Rabbit, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, rabbit, March 2014

 

Well, almost … (more…)

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Gone fishing

Posted by on Apr 9, 2014 in 2014, Birds, Grey Heron, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, Heron, March 2014

 

Early morning visit to the pond by a Heron, Ardea cinerea. (more…)

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Roe deer by night

Posted by on Apr 8, 2014 in 2014, Deer, Fauna, March, Roe, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Fauna, Roe deer, March 2014

 

Looks like a Capreolus capreolus buck in the top picture although the “horns” might be shadow! (more…)

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Sunrise

Posted by on Apr 7, 2014 in 2014, General, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Sunrise, general, March 2014
 

Photographed by remote camera. (more…)

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‘Anemone, I gather thee for a remedy against all diseases’

Posted by on Apr 6, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, March, Spring, Wood Anemone | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Anemone, March 2014

 

The words to speak as the first Wood Anemone of the year is plucked. (more…)

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