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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 Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged adder, ash, bats, blackberry, blackthorn, blossom, bluebells, brood, bugle, chalara dieback, chequered skipper, cockchafer, common figwort, common spotted orchid, damselflies, dragonflies, dryad's saddle, duke of burgundy, elder, foxglove, frog, grass snake, green hairstreak, green-veined white, hawthorn, hazel dormouse, highlights, horse chestnut, leaf burst, Lords and ladies, mating, may, Nature's Calendar, newt, nightingale, nightjar, oak, photo competition, ramsons, rhododendron, robin, rowan, seasonal, slow worm, speckled wood, spindle, spotted flycatcher, spring, stag beetle, stinkhorn, sulphur tufts, tadpole, toad, visitwoods, what to see, Woodland, yellow pimpernel
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Ash dieback DNA breakthrough
UK scientists have thrown a lifeline to our ash trees by completing the first sequencing of the Chalara fraxinea genome - the fungus currently attacking ash trees across Europe. In just a few weeks the scientists have unravelled the genetic secrets of the Chalara ash … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Tree pests & diseases
Tagged ash, ash dieback, chalara, chalara fraxinea, chalara fraxinea ash die back, data, DNA, genetic, genome, sequence, Tree 35
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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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Hunting for a venerable ash tree - results
Reblogged from The New Sylva: In December we announced that we were hunting for a venerable ash to feature as the frontispiece for The New Sylva – read more. We’ve been overcome by the number of fantastic ash trees submitted … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient trees, Conservation, Tree pests & diseases
Tagged ancient tree, Ancient Tree Hunt, ash, chalara, chalara fraxinea ash die back, disease, Sylva, tree, veteran tree
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Ash Dieback (Chalara)
The arrival of ash dieback disease (Chalara Fraxinea) on our shores is a real tragedy. The likelihood of major damage to our native and ancient woods, copses and hedgerows seems to be growing each day as we find out more about … Continue reading
Posted in Austin's blog, Conservation, Government Affairs, Tree pests & diseases
Tagged ash, ash dieback, ashtag, chalara, Forestry Commission
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Woodland Highlights: April
The colours and forms of spring delight the senses of those who venture into woods. April is the time for woodland wildflowers, seizing their opportunity while sunlight beams upon the earth through the leafless trees. Some are already making their presence … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation, Woodland Highlights
Tagged adder, april, ash, badger, beech, bird, blossom, blue tit, bluebell, brimstone, brumation, butterflies, catkin, cherry, early purple orchid, fairy ring, fox, fungi, garlic mustard, grass snake, hawthorn, hibernation, highlight, horse chestnut, jelly ears, Lords and ladies, migrant, mushroom, nightingale, nuthatch, peacock, ramsons, reptiles, sand lizard, scarlet elf cup, sett, slow worm, small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, spring, St George's Day, tree, turtle dove, visitwoods, what to see, wildflower, wildlife, wood anemone, wood sorrel, Woodland, woodland trust
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Winter trees still in the landscape
This is the last chance saloon to enjoy one of the glories of the British landscape – the stark beauty of bare winter trees against the skyline. Despite late frosts and dampening fogs, spring is gradually staking its seasonal claim as … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient trees, Climate Change, Conservation, Inspiration
Tagged agrarian, Ancient Tree Forum, Ancient Tree Hunt, ash, beauty, broadleaf, hedgerows, late frosts, Michael Frankland, orchards, poet, rook nest, rooks' nests, skeletal, spring, stag, stag-headed oak, tree, Tree Register of the British Isles, Trees outside woods, winter
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