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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 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 | 8 Comments

Woodland Highlights: March

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Kay Haw

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 | 7 Comments

Forests report – a conservation response

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Kay Haw

Ash disease and other pests and diseases – Austin Brady, Head of Conservation The Government response to the panel had its own long established timetable to follow, but this was dramatically cut across by developments on tree disease as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biodiversity, Community groups, Conservation, Forestry management, Forests Report, Planning, Planting, Policy, Protection | Tagged 3-point plan, access, ash dieback, biodiversity, biosecurity, CAP, chalara, Common Agricultural Policy, community, ecosystem services, engagement, EU, forests report, landscape scale, National Ecosystem Assessment, NPPF, PAWS, Planning, Tree health and plant biosecurity expert taskforce, tree pests and diseases, visitwoods, woodland culture, woods | 11 Comments

Woodland Highlights: December

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Kay Haw

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 | 6 Comments

The Blue Belles of Woodland

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kay Haw

‘The blue bell is the sweetest flower That waves in summer air; Its blossoms have the mightiest power To soothe my spirit’s care.’ – The Blue Bell by Emily Jane Bronte This gentle poem sums up the beauty of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Conservation | Tagged beauty, bell, blue, bluebell, British, bronte, carpet, crossbreed, difference, easter, emily, fairy, flower, folklore, gardener, hispanica, history, Hyacinthoides, hybrid, ice age, mythology, native, non-scripta, petal, poem, scent, spanish, spring, visitwoods, walk, wildflower, Woodland | 7 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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Woodland Highlights: May

Woodland Highlights: March

Forests report – a conservation response

Woodland Highlights: December

The Blue Belles of Woodland

Woodland Highlights: April

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