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Category Archives: Woodland Highlights
Woodland Highlights: June
Summer is upon us, but will it be one of warmth and sunlight or a more tepid, rainy affair? I am sure our wildlife will be hoping for the former as much as us humans. Trees/shrubs… By June the tree … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged bats, birds, broad-bordered bee hawk moth, dark green fritillary, dog rose, enchanter's nightshade, flowers, froglets, gatekeeper, giant hogweed, golden hair lichen, hazel dormouse, heath fritillary, hoglets, honeysuckle, june, lime trees, marbled white, maternity roosts, nipplewort, offspring, stinkhorn, summer, toadlets, tree canopy, what to see, white admiral, wildlife, wood vetch, Woodland, woodland pond
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Woodland Highlights: May
Thankfully some warmth has returned to our shores. This is the last month of spring and many trees are flushed with their new leaves. Keen photographers may want to take this opportunity to capture them while they are still fresh and vivid … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Woodland Highlights, Biodiversity
Tagged Woodland, bats, blackthorn, toad, Lords and ladies, spring, oak, Nature's Calendar, ash, what to see, horse chestnut, hawthorn, blossom, ramsons, nightingale, adder, grass snake, slow worm, speckled wood, visitwoods, may, elder, spindle, bugle, cockchafer, stag beetle, blackberry, nightjar, mating, rowan, frog, highlights, newt, spotted flycatcher, robin, tadpole, rhododendron, seasonal, dryad's saddle, photo competition, leaf burst, chalara dieback, bluebells, foxglove, common figwort, yellow pimpernel, common spotted orchid, stinkhorn, sulphur tufts, brood, hazel dormouse, duke of burgundy, green-veined white, chequered skipper, green hairstreak, damselflies, dragonflies
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Woodland Highlights: April
The powers that be in the world of weather forecasting say April should bring a break to the cold weather blowing in from Siberia, although for some this may be towards the end of the month. I am sure many … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged adder, april, b, badger, blackbird, blue tit, bluebell, butterfly, cuckoo flower, fairy rings, garlic nustard, hawthorn, Lords and ladies, mushrooms, ramsons, St George's Day, st marks fly, wild cherry, wildlife, wood, wood anemone, Woodland, woodland highlights
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Woodland Highlights: March
Smile as the days get longer, and hopefully warmer. The 20th of March brings the spring equinox, when the Earth is tilted neither away from nor toward the sun. Then at the end of the month the clocks return us to British Summer … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged ash, bat, blackthorn, blossom, blue tit, bluebell, brimstone, british summer time, chiff chaff, citizen science, comma, cuckooflower, devil's matchstick, dog violet, dogs mercury, elder, equinox, frog, hare, hawthorn, highlights, march, March brown mayfly, morel, Nature's Calendar, oc lip, peacock, ramsons, reptiles, scarlet elf cup, small tortoiseshell, spawn, star moss, sulphur turft, tadpole, toad, UK, visitwoods, what to see, wild cherry, wood spurge, woon anemone, wooodland
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Woodland Highlights: February
February brings ever increasing signs of life returning to our woods and trees. The forerunners of spring tease and tantalise the senses, lifting spirits and bringing a smile to all who admire them. Trees/shrubs… The golden male catkins of the hazel … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged Alder, apple, badger, Black witch's butter, bluebell, brimstone, bumblebee, catkins, February, flowers, frog, fungus, goat, great spotted woodpecker, green shoots, hazel, hedgehog, lichen, mating, migrate, misteltoe, mistletoe, native, nuthacth, peacock, ponds, primrose, pussy, ramsons, red admiral, snowdrops, tree planting, treecreeper, Trees, violets, wild daffodil, wildflowers, wildlife, willow, Woodland, woods, yellow brain, yew
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Woodland Highlights: January
According to some, the winter blues are their most potent this month. But fear not, woods are proven to lift our spirits, reduce stress, soothe and inspire us. So put your boots on, wrap up warm and keep watch for a few of … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged air pollution, blackbird, candle snuff fungus, dragonfly, fox, frog, gnat, greenfinch, hazel catkin, hedge sparrow, highlights, January, juniper, lichen, mating, mayfly, nests, newt, nymph, pind, robin, rook, smoky bracket, snowdrop, song thrush, spawn, stinking hellebore, tree, watch, wildlife, wood, Woodland, woodpecker, wren, xanthoria parietina
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Woodland Highlights: December
December may be chilly but our woods still offer beauty. Frost is certain to be spreading its icy fronds across fallen leaves and branches this month. Hoar frost can be exquisitely intricate, its interlocking crystals form feathery, fern-like patterns. Trees/shrubs… The … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Inspiration, Woodland Highlights
Tagged badger, berries, Christmas, citizen science, December, December moth, decomposing, festive, fox, fungi, hart's tongue fern, hoar frost, Holly, ice, insects, jelly ear, leaf litter, mistle thrush, mistletoe, Nature's Calendar, plants, robin, seeds, snow, tawny owl, Trees, turkeytail, visitwoods, warm, wood blewit, Woodland
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Woodland Highlights: November
November is a month of great change as leaves absorb their green chlorophyll and fall from the trees. Many mammals and insects disappear from view, finding warm places to hibernate during the colder months. The time for flowering plants is … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged autumn, bat, beech, bolete, bonfire, bracket, chlorophyll, citizen science, colour, frost, fungi, hedgehog, hibernation, highlights, ivy black bryony, kidney spot ladybird, ladybird, leaf change, milkcap, murmuration, oak, old man's beard, peacock butterfly, puffball, rookeries, rookery, rowan, starling, Woodland
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Woodland Highlights: October
Trees/shrubs… Acorns and hazelnuts are ripening, offering an energy packed food source for dormice. Jays and squirrels will bury them for winter storage, but they often forget the location of their secret stashes and young trees shoot up next spring. … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged acorn, adder, autumn, birch, brumation, Dormice, dormouse, fairy tale, fieldfare, flowering, fly agaric, frog, gorse, grass snake, hazelnut, hibernation, ivy, jay, myth, October, pine, redwing, spindle, teasel, thrush, toad, tree, wood, Woodland, yew
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Woodland Highlights: September
September heralds the start of autumn, a time of great change for woodland. The leaves of some trees, such as ash and beech, will begin to yellow. While many species will be trying to fatten up to survive their winter hibernation. Trees/shrubs… … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged acorns, amethyst deceiver, autumn, beefsteak fungus, berries, bilberries, birds, blackberries, brimstone, candle snuff fungus, conkers, cowberries, elderberries, flowering, foraging, foray, fruiting, fungal, fungi, golden hoverfly, gorse, haw, hawthorn, hedgehog, hibernation, horse chestnut, hubernate, ivy, migrant, nightjar, oaks, passing, purple hairstreak, ripen, rose hips, rowan, september, silver-washed fritillary, sloes, smooth snake, speckled wood, velvet shank, Woodland
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