A summer wood #nature

 

 

Trees, general, May 2016

 

The Cuckoo’s still calling but pretty much all traces of Spring have gone, no Primroses or Bluebells and everywhere a deep green. (more…)

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Oak #plants

 

 

Trees, Oak, May 2016

 

Quercus robur in leaf. (more…)

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Crab Apple #plants

 

 

Trees, Crab Apple, May 2016

 

Crab Apple, Malus sylvestris. (more…)

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‘Food and habitat for more than 300 insect species’ #plants

Trees, Silver Birch, May 2016

 

Silver Birch, Betula pendula, see here. (more…)

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The greening #plants

 

 

Trees, general, May 2016

 

Early May and the Cuckoo is still calling and the Bluebells blooming. The understorey has burst into life too. (more…)

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‘By whose immovable stem I stand and seem … #plants

 

 

Trees, Oak, April 2016

 

‘Almost annihilated …’ From A Forest Hymn by William Cullen Bryant. (more…)

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Round, then square, then round again … #plants

 

 

Trees, Spindle, April 2016

 

New Spindle shoots change as they expand and mature, says the Woodland Trust. (more…)

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Skyline #plants

 

 

Trees, general, April 2016

 

Late afternoon on the edge of the clearing. (more…)

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Spindle #plants

 

 

Trees, Spindle, April 2016

 

Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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‘The Sky Is An Immortal Tent’ #nature

 

 

Trees, general, April 2016

 

A line from a poem by William Blake. (more…)

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Colours of Spring #trees

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, April 2016

 

Hawthorn bud, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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Looking east … #nature

 

 

Trees, general, March 2016

 

From the east ride. (more…)

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