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

Wednesday 17 July

Sunny morning

 Our common name for this on Alder is blister gall it is caused by a mite  Eriophyes brevitarsus

Work on this footpath has started - six weeks has been allocated to it.

Take Care

Wednesday 5 September

Dry morning

 Canadian Goldenrod - Solidago canadensis

 Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

 Hazel - Corylus avellana

 Hazel - Corylus avellana

 Rosebay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium

Acorns with Knopper Gall

Take Care

Sunday 5 August

Dry Morning

 Our local Farmer has pulled the ragwort on this field - 5 builders bags full before he cuts it for fodder.

 Silk Button Gall - Neuroterus numismalis

Silk Button Gall - Neuroterus numismalis

Take Care

Tuesday 24 July

Dry

On Oak - Artichoke Gall - Andricus fecundator

 Hazel - Corylus avellana

Perennial Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis

Take Care

Thursday 23 February

Damp morning

 Cola-nut Gall - Andricus lignicola found on Oak

 Lesser Celandine  - Ficaria verna

 Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris

 Opposite Leaved Golden-Saxifrage - Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

 Opposite Leaved Golden-Saxifrage - Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Rhododendron - Rhododendron ponticum

Take Care

Thursday 16 February

Dry again.

 Chaffinch

 Chaffinch

 Coal Tit

Gall Fly - Phytomyza ilicis on Holly - Ilex aquifolium

 Gall Fly - Phytomyza ilicis on Holly - Ilex aquifolium

 Robin

 Robin

 Billy among the reed bed - 

Top Lodge

Take Care.

Wednesday 17 August

Dry Morning.

 Beech Nut or Mast - Fagus sylvatica

 Hairy Gall - Hartigiola annulipes on Beech

 Hairy Gall - Hartigiola annulipes

 Artichoke Gall - Andricus fercundator on Oak

 Crab Apple

 Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris

Big Lodge

Take Care.

Saturday 21 May

Dry but it felt cool out of the sun.

The Channel near deer carving - no sign of any tadpoles.

 Green Veined White - Pieris napi

 Large Bittercress - Cardamine amara - I have never seen this swollen bud before it may be a gall so tomorrow I am going to open one of the buds.

 Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

Meg looking well but she is going through another patch of seizures.

Our Vet George will probably put her medication up. She has gone 200 days clear and then bang she has one  always in her sleep, up to now she has had 5 so it's back to juggling the tablets.

 Silver-ground Carpet - Xanthorhoe montanata

Wood Avens - Geum urbanum

Take Care.