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

Thursday 22 May

We did Primrose Hill & the surround area this morning

Bees have created a hive inside the tree

 Dactylorhiza x grandis - Hybrid

 Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

Oak Marbles these are caused by a tiny midge/fly

 Yellow Water Lily - Nuphar lutea

Young Starlings been lots and still more to come

Take Care

Wednesday 26 February

This is one of our medium sized Oaks if you have visited this blog on a regular basis you will have seen it many times, it stands on Primrose Hill a perfect Oak in shape like the ones that Constable painted. Oaks have this weird way with their branches you never know which way it will grow next.

 This is a true English Oak - Quercus robur

 Wondering which one will be the lead growth this year you can never tell 

 Marble Gall found in numbers on some Oaks - never seems to be a problem for them

 Then we get the odd moss - again at this point seems part of the whole picture

Now we find a dead twig and even the moss seems to be suffering, I like to think I am looking on a whole universe on one tree, it makes nature wonderful and an almighty being looking down on us perfectly logical.

Take Care

Sunday 22 September

Dry Morning

We found all these within a few yards of each other plenty of Galls about this year.

 7 Spot Ladybird

 Artichoke Gall on Oak - Quercus

 Garden Spider

Found among the Common Spangle Gall - Harlequin Larvae

 Harlequin Larvae

 Knopper gall on Oak - Quercus

 Knopper gall on Oak - Quercus

Marble Gall Oak - Quercus

 Silk Button Gall on Oak - Quercus

Tar Spot on Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus

Take Care

Wednesday 31 July

Another grand day

 Chicken of the Woods

 Gypsywort - Lycopus europaeus

 Marble Galls on Oak

 Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

 Spangle & Button Galls on Oak

Yellow Loosestrife - Lysimachia vulgaris

Take Care