Friday 12 February

Just below freezing, we were on our own again.

We walked up to the top end of Spring Wood.

It is a haven for the deer and other wildlife.

Very hard to get into and very muddy in the driest weather. So at the moment be prepared to lose your wellies.

Carried on to Burgh Wood, it looks very open at the moment without the canopy of leaves. The footpaths are a mess due the off road bikes - they are not supposed to be in the wood but how do you stop them?

The quality of the woodpecker photos are poor but I was a long way off and it was only my small camera

Have heard them drumming for a few days this was our sighting this year.

We saw what we think was another at the bottom end of the wood.

These four photos of fungi are all on the same Beech tree - the area they are growing was burn a couple of years ago.

They are probably all the same but at different stages, ID's welcome.

Lords & Ladies at the bottom end of Burgh Wood near the big lodge much further advanced than the ones in Spring Wood.

Snowdrops in bud

I love coming out of the wood and seeing the Big Lodge.

Another cold night for the birds -

Lots of Gulls

Take Care.

Friday 13 March

Mild & dry, we had a good walk and on the way back we managed to see a Woodpecker, we hear them all over the woods but they are almost impossible to see, this one was on one of the trees next to the river.

We have been informed it is a male Great Spotted Woodpecker, he stayed around for a while.
I just wish I had my large camera, but at least I had a camera with me.

A lady stopped wondering what we were looking at, when we pointed him out she was fascinated and stayed after we had gone on.