2015 | An English Wood

Young and old

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 20, 2015 in 2015, Ash, Birch, General, March, Spring | 0 comments

The young broadleaves, planted March 2014 to replace conifers, grow surrounded by Silver Birch, Betula Pendula and Ash, Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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Birch Woodwart

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 19, 2015 in 2015, Birch woodwart, Fungi, March, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

Hypoxylon multiforme, above, unidentified fungi below. (more…)

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Nicely damp

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 18, 2015 in 2015, General, March, Rides, Spring | 0 comments

The ditch bordering the east ride is allowed to overflow, causing much wetter conditions and allowing a variety of different flora. (more…)

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North, east and west

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 17, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

Primroses are now open on the north, east and west rides. (more…)

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Curious

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 16, 2015 in 2015, Deer, Fauna, March, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

A pair of Roe Deer hinds, Capreolus capreolus, watched as we left the copse. (more…)

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Life’s tool kit

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

Sunshine and water, east ride. (more…)

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Type of Candlesnuff

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

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

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Border country

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

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

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Named for skewers and spindles

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

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

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