October 2019

October 9, 2019

Spent the afternoon at the wood, not doing anything in particular. I was looking for some moss spore capsules, as …

Amethyst Deceiver; Laccaria laccata.

September 11, 2019

This relatively common and easily identified fungus was spotted yesterday growing in Ninewells wood. This is the first time I …

August 26, 2019

Some people like a bit of ‘retail therapy’ but personally I do not find that very therapeutic, the quicker I …

July 16, 2019

This time unwelcome, youngsters I suspect and on last Friday night (12th July) They had a fire outside my ‘office’ …

July 2, 2019

I had spent the day brush cutting to keep my paths open. The bracken likes to spread into the path, …

April 21, 2019

The Easter bunny has been busy in our woods. He/She placed convenient markers around the woods. And then close …

April 13, 2019

I spent a very pleasant afternoon in the wood yesterday (12/04/2019) I did some work thinning out Silver Birch, but …

April 4, 2019

Last week it was warm, even hot and this has brought several trees into leaf, particularly the Rowan, Willow and …

February 19, 2019

I have long been meaning to hire a metal detector and have a search through our wood for buried Treasure. …