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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A Heron returns

Posted by on Mar 9, 2015 in 2015, Birds, February, Grey Heron, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Heron, February 2015

 

Perhaps the same bird pictured in January this year and March last. (more…)

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Pure silver

Posted by on Mar 8, 2015 in 2015, Birch, February, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, February 2015

 

The bark of Silver Birch, Betula pendula. (more…)

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‘How closely he twineth, how tight he clings …’

Posted by on Mar 7, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Ivy, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, February 2015

 

From The Ivy Green by Charles Dickens. (more…)

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Southern border

Posted by on Mar 6, 2015 in 2015, February, General, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, February 2015

 

Facing south. (more…)

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Bracket fungi (detail)

Posted by on Mar 5, 2015 in 2015, February, Fungi, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 
 

Fungi, unidentified, February 2015

 

Unidentified fungi, possibly aged Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, high up on Ash. (more…)

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Budding Oak

Posted by on Mar 4, 2015 in 2015, February, Oak, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, February 2015

 

A young Quercus robur. (more…)

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Feather-moss cushion

Posted by on Mar 3, 2015 in 2015, Common striated feather-moss, Moss, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Moss, Eurhynchium striatum, provisional identification, February 2015

 

Eurhynchium striatum, Common striated feather-moss (provisional identification). (more…)

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‘I chatter, chatter, as I flow’

Posted by on Mar 2, 2015 in 2015, Ditch, February, General, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Stream, general, February 2014

 

From ‘The Brook’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. (more…)

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