Badgers at Ninewells Wood
Thanks to my trail cameras I have discovered that badgers are visiting the woods. So far the photos are not …
Category Archives: History; 2013 to the present.
Buzzards at Ninewells Wood
I do not see so many different birds when I visit Ninewells wood but one I do normally see is …
Do not disturb….in the winter
It is not a good idea to tidy up and disturb things in the winter as you could well disturb …
Growing Beech trees from seed
Its quite easy to grow most native trees from seed, its slightly slower than buying saplings, but it is much …
Snow at Catbrook wood.
Last night it snowed in Monmouthshire and in Gloucestershire, well in our part of it which is the Forest of …
Ancient Woodland Indicator species Mark 2
I was not happy with the list of species which indicate ancient woodland that I published a couple of weeks …
Hints of Spring in Ninewells wood
OK its only 8th of January, but it was sunny and today there was a Song Thrush singing quite loudly. …
Wild Boar in Ninewells wood, Monmouthshire
There is evidence of wild boar activity on the edge of Ninewells wood. Twice recently the vegetation along the edge …
Pond at Catbrook wood. (and fungi)
In the summer when the ‘brash man’ was removing the brash with his JCB I got him to dig a …
Tree sleeves
We have started to protect some of the regenerating trees in Catbrook wood. If we do not do this I …
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