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

Saturday 3 August

Beautiful Morning

 View of the Big Lodge

 Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium

 Myathropa florea Hoverfly

 Paidiscura pallens Spider egg sac recently hatched

 Red Bartsia - Odontites vernus

Spangle Galls & Inch Worm

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