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

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

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