Ash …

Posted by on Jan 20, 2015 in 2015, Ash, General, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2015

 

… mainly. Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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The fungus that could tackle pollutants

Posted by on Jan 19, 2015 in 2015, Fungi, January, Turkeytail, Winter | 1 comment

 

 

Fungus, Tukeytail, January 2015

 

For a new potential use of the versatile Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor, see here. (more…)

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The ditch on the east ride

Posted by on Jan 18, 2015 in 2015, General, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2015

 

Water levels are high. (more…)

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‘Our lives should go between the lichen and the bark’

Posted by on Jan 17, 2015 in 2015, January, Lichen, Unidentified, Winter | 1 comment

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, January 2015

 

A quote by Henry David Thoreau. (more…)

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All that glitters …

Posted by on Jan 16, 2015 in 2015, Birch, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, January 2015

 

Bark of Betula pendula, Silver Birch, laying in the clearing. (more…)

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View to the west

Posted by on Jan 15, 2015 in 2015, General, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, January 2015

 

Looking across from the east ride. (more…)

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The red, white and green

Posted by on Jan 14, 2015 in 2015, Hawthorn, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, January 2015

 

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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Parmotrema perlatum

Posted by on Jan 13, 2015 in 2015, January, Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum, provisional identification, January 2015

 

Provisional identification. (more…)

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‘ … the green corners of the earth … ‘

Posted by on Jan 11, 2015 in 2015, January, Moss, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Moss, unidentified, January 2015

 

A line from Blake’s To the Muses. (more…)

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The north ride

Posted by on Jan 10, 2015 in 2015, General, January, Rides, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, north ride, January 2015

 

Looking west. (more…)

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Lichen time

Posted by on Jan 9, 2015 in 2015, January, Lichen, Provisional identification, Winter, Xanthoria parietina | 1 comment

 

 

Lichen, unidentified, January 2015

 

There is still plenty of colour in the wood and lichen supplies much of that. (more…)

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Flowing

Posted by on Jan 8, 2015 in 2015, Birch, January, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, January 2015

 

Detail from the trunk of a Silver Birch, Betula pendula. (more…)

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