Tuesday 27 November

Raining this morning - Mild night

 Creeping Buttercup - Ranunculus repens

 Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium

 Jay

 Lichen

 Jelly Fungi

Yew - Taxus baccata

Birds Feeding

Take Care.

Thursday 5 July

Damp

Christ Church - Charnock Richard

Christ Church - Charnock Richard

Cygnet

Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris

Spear Thistle - Circium vulgare

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

Yew - Taxus baccata

Take Care

Saturday 17 March

Raining

 Hairy Wood-rush - Luzula pilosa

 Lord & Ladies - Arum maculatum

 Meadowsweet leaves just showing - Filipendula ulmaria

Yew - Taxus baccata found another sapling this time it is in the park, not very accessible, a good thing in one way but it does need to be protected.

Take Care

Wednesday March 7 part 4

Frogs, Shrubs & Trees

Frogs still gathering

 Yew - Taxus baccata - We found this a few years ago, just a wee sapling, it's the only one in Spring Wood and fortunately it is off the beaten track so I expect it to see maturity, I know we won't be around to see it.

 Yew - Taxus baccata it's grown about a foot (12 inches) this last year.

 Darwin's Barberry - Berberis darwinii

Gorse - Ulex europaeus

Take Care

Wednesday 5 May

Dull this morning but it was dry.

This Yew is so tiny, it has not grown much in the last 12 months.

First of the Large Bittercress.

Hawthorne Buds

 3 photos of Greater Stitchwort from Spring Wood.

Finally found the Hard Fern.

New fronds should make it easy but it took over 15 minutes of searching.

Slime Mold - Enteridium Lycoperdon this is the one I found earlier on the 28 April, it is already shiny and turning brown.

Garlic Mustard also known as Jack by the Hedge.

Take Care.

Tuesday 13 October

Cool but sunny morning for our walk.

We headed up to the Barrow Field then Duxbury - we lingered in Duxbury Woods crossed both bridges to walk both sides of the river, then back up to Eaves Green and home through Burgh Wood.

Arnold & Meg coming through the new gate. Not a busy lane but Meg has to be on the lead.

This is why - not that Meg has ever chased sheep - this farmer would not hesitate to shoot any dog that was off a lead on his land.
These steps are on the far side of Duxbury in John Wood, they lead back into the valley.
River Yarrow

Same steps from the valley bottom.

Arnold with Bevis - it's customary to give him a pat as you pass.

The river is low at the moment.

Fresh Holly leaves.

Another stump covered in fungi.

I think it's Honey Fungi again.

I found this on a fallen pine.

Same fallen pine - they could be the same fungi at different stages - any one know?

Hairy Gall on Beech - seem to be finding more of these than I use to.

Red Campion - always a pleasure to see, will flower all year if the weather is mild.

Yew - this is probably a bird sown one - there are plenty in the old gardens of Duxbury Hall.

Mucky Meg

Arnold waiting for me.

This old Beech has a large cavity - I wonder how it keeps upright.

Charlock

Hedge Mustard

Scented Mayweed - these three all found in a small patch.

The new houses at the Barrow Field.

The pond at the front of them, it is a nice feature.