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Woodland Highlights: May

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Kay Haw

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 | 8 Comments

Woodland Highlights: October

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Kay Haw

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 | 6 Comments

Woodland Highlights: April

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Kay Haw

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 | 5 Comments

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