Monday 11 May

Another grand day for our walk

 Big Lodge

  Big Lodge

  Big Lodge

 Path to Burgh Wood

Coot Nest

 Mandarin Female & Drake

 Stream from Burgh Wood

Footpath

Edwina Swan & Babes

Take Care

Tuesday 28 April

Good Morning

 Apple - Malus one of the mini Apples I think Golden Hornet.

Big Lodge View

Path into Burgh Wood

 Cow Parsley - Anthriscus sylvestris

 Garden Privet  - Ligustrum ovalifolium
 

 Greater Stitchwort - Stellaria holostea

 Groundsel - Senecio vulgaris

 Maple - Acer

Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum

House Spider we call Freda, might not be the same one every time but she is huge.

Take Care

Monday 26 January

Damp this morning

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

 Scaly Male-fern - Dryopteris affinis

 Barren Strawberry - Potentilla sterilis

 Velvet Shank

 Jelly Ear - Auricularia auricula-judae

King Alfred's Cakes

Take Care

Sunday 11 January

Windy & Cool

Took all the decorations off the tree for this year, we will put them away till next year.

 The sky was on fire with the rising sun

 Our home is beyond the trees on the skyline

 This was a sad moment, one of the ancient Beech in Burgh Wood lost a large limb, it does not look good for this tree. 

I wonder how many generations of children have swung across the gully from that limb, there was always a rope dangling from it.

 

 This part of the wood has been neglected and needs a bit of restoration

Large patch of Opposite Leaved Golden-Saxifrage - Chrysosplenium oppositifolium looking really healthy

Some thing to make us smile - people come to see our Kingfisher

and he rarely disappoints

Take Care

Wednesday 7 January

Cool damp morning - had a good walk

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum peeping through these were on the edge of Burgh Wood

There are groups of these growing all over the Valley

 

I am now looking forward to Spring

Take Care

Monday 5 January

Well we enjoyed the walk and I was looking forward to my trip to Bolton - I was going on the Ferris Wheel - well I should have gone to spec savers, I had read 9 for 4 and thought we'd go today, no ferris wheel all packed away, seems like I am not meant to ride the wheel.

 Tree roots form the steps up into Burgh Wood

On our way home came across this Wreath and noticed the cross, we have seen flowers in this area before.

 

Take Care

Tuesday 25 November

We ventured into Burgh Wood this morning

We wanted to look at one of the large Beech that toppled a few years ago,

the fungi are now making themselves at home

 As you can see it is still a sturdy piece of wood

 The Rangers made it as safe as possible 

 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea growing under the old trunk these will flower next year

 These fungi are just a few that are on the Beech

This fallen Beech looks like it will be here for a long time providing shelter and being host to many fungi, insects, plants and animals.

Take Care

Saturday 11 October

Dry & sunny 

No one has picked the apples on the miniature tree - they are edible but would take a lot for a pie

 

 Artichoke Gall - Andricus fecundator

 Barrow Field View (our name for it)

 Hairy Gall - Hartigiola annulipes on Beech

 Hairy Gall - Hartigiola annulipes

 Hairy Gall - Hartigiola annulipes

 Marble Gall - Andriccus kollari on Oak

 Marble Gall - Andriccus kollari

Another new nest box been vandalised

 Silk Button Gall - Neuroterus numismalis on Oak

Spangle Gall - Neuroterus quercusbaccarum on Oak

Take Care