‘Plenty of catkins, plenty of prams’

Posted by on Feb 10, 2015 in 2015, February, Hazel, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hazel, February 2015

 

A Somerset saying underlining the association between the Hazel tree and fertility. (more…)

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Yellow and green

Posted by on Feb 9, 2015 in 2015, February, General, Trees, Winter | 1 comment

 

 

Trees, general, February 2015

 

A cold, sunny day. (more…)

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Old man of the woods

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Trees, general, February 2015

 

A favourite stump. (more…)

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Bubbling brook

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Ditch, general, February 2015

 

The boundary ditch off the east ride. (more…)

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Wood Spurge

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Flowers, Wood Spurge, February 2015

 

Euphorbia amygdaloides. (more…)

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Budding

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Trees, Hazel, February 2015

 

Hazel, Corylus avellana. (more…)

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Grey Heron

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Bird, Heron, January 2015

 

Ardea cinerea. (more…)

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One in half a million

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Fauna, Roe Deer, January 2015

 

Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Black beauty

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Trees, Ash, January 2015

 

Ash bud. (more…)

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Into the woods

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Trees, general, January 2015

 

Not the Streep version but looking south towards the horizon. (more…)

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Signs of Spring

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Flowers, Primrose, January 2015

 

Already plenty of Primroses in evidence, this on the north ride. (more…)

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Bird food

Posted by on Jan 30, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Ivy, January, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, January 2015

 

Berries of the Common Ivy, Hedera helix, can be a source of food for birds such as wood pigeons, thrushes and their young in spring. (more…)

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