The pond

Posted by on Dec 16, 2014 in 2014, Blushing Bracket, Crack Willow, Pond, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, fungi, Crack Willow, Blushing Bracket Decenber, T 2014

Crack Willow, Salix fragilis, and Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis confragosa. (more…)

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Smooth

Posted by on Dec 15, 2014 in 2014, Ash, December, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Ash, December 20124

 

What appears to be the lightning-hit bark of an Ash. (more…)

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Cocooned

Posted by on Dec 14, 2014 in 2014, December, Insects, Pupa, Spruce, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, pupae, unidentified, December 2014

 

Unidentified pupae on Spruce, Picea sitchensis. (more…)

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Oak

Posted by on Dec 13, 2014 in 2014, December, Oak, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, December 2014

 

Quercus robur off the west ride. (more…)

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“The phoenix must burn to emerge”

Posted by on Dec 12, 2014 in 2014, December, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, unidentified, December 2014

 

A line by Janet Fitch in White Oleander. (more…)

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Claire Prosser, RIP. The track of my tears part 2

Posted by on Dec 11, 2014 in 2014, March, Spring | 3 comments

 

 

Claire Prosser, March 2014

 

Today we celebrate the life of Claire Prosser, 1960-2014, my fellow wood steward and wife of 25 years. (more…)

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The track of my tears part 1

Posted by on Dec 10, 2014 in 2014, December, General, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

General, tears, December 2014

 

Spider’s web on north ride. (more…)

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Hazel

Posted by on Dec 9, 2014 in 2014, December, Hazel, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hazel, December 2014

 

Corylus avellana. (more…)

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Sulphur Tuft

Posted by on Dec 8, 2014 in 2014, December, Fungi, Provisional identification, Sulphur Tuft, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Sulphur Tuft, provisional identification, December 2014

 

Hypholoma fasciculare, provisional identification. (more…)

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The east ride

Posted by on Dec 7, 2014 in 2014, December, General, Rides, Trees, Winter | 1 comment

 

 

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Looking west. (more…)

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Out of order

Posted by on Dec 6, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Deer, Fauna, Muntjac, November | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Muntjac deer, November 2014

 

Muntjac buck, Muntiacus reevesi. (more…)

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Google Earth

Posted by on Dec 5, 2014 in 2014, Birch, December, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Trees, Silver Birch, December 2014

The mountainous landscape of the bark of a Silver Birch, Betula pendula. (more…)

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