True or false

Posted by on Apr 4, 2014 in 2014, False Oxlip, Flowers, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, False Oxlip, March 2014

 

This looks like False Oxslip, Primula veris x vulgaris, a hybrid between, for example, a Cowslip and Primrose. (more…)

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New view

Posted by on Apr 3, 2014 in 2014, General, March, Pond, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Pond, general, March 2014

 

We discovered a bank which allowed a different view of the pond. (more…)

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Dark Crone of the Woods …

Posted by on Apr 2, 2014 in 2014, Blackthorn, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Blackthorn, March 2014

 

…. or Mother of the Woods? (more…)

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A first Bluebell for our first birthday

Posted by on Apr 1, 2014 in 2014, Bluebell, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebell, March 2014

 

A year since our site’s launch and thanks to all who have helped to identify  flora and fauna in the wood. (more…)

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Raise a glass

Posted by on Mar 30, 2014 in 2014, Birch, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, March 2014

 

Sap from a Silver Birch, Betula pendula. (more…)

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‘Creeping, seeping, spitting spores

Posted by on Mar 29, 2014 in 2014, Boletaceae, Fungi, March, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, unidentified, March 2014

 

Fungi link the forest’s floors’ (more…)

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First of the buttercups

Posted by on Mar 28, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March 2014

 

Lesser Celandine. (more…)

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Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock

Posted by on Mar 27, 2014 in 2014, Cuckooflower, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flower, Cuckooflower, March 2014

 

Cardamine pratensis, so named because it usually flowers around the time the first cuckoo is heard. (more…)

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Introduced by the Romans – probably!

Posted by on Mar 26, 2014 in 2014, Birds, March, Pheasant, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, pheasant, March 2014

 

Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. (more…)

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Return of a native

Posted by on Mar 25, 2014 in 2014, Deer, Fauna, March, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, March 2014

 

A Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, one of only two deer species native to Britain. (more…)

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Posing squirrel

Posted by on Mar 25, 2014 in 2014, Fauna, Grey Squirrel, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Grey Squirrel, March 2014

 

Sciurus carolinensis, apparently giving a wave to the remote camera. (more…)

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Don’t try this at home

Posted by on Mar 24, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, March, Spring, Wood spurge | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Spurge, March 2014

 

The milky juice of Wood Spurge has been used in the past to treat warts. (more…)

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