April 2024.
OK I am going to get back into posting about our section of Ninewells wood and try to do …
Tag Archives: Ancient Woodland
Feeding station update
I have more or less managed to keep some food available in my two feeders for the last few months. …
Poplar Hawk Moth.
Always good to see something new at the wood. Near the entrance there are quite a few Sallow bushes, these …
Woodland flowers of the Wye Valley; Pignut (Conopodium majus)
Pignut is one of the least spectacular members of the Umbellifers. The large family of Umbellifers includes the very familiar …
Woodland flowers of the Wye valley; Yellow Archangel (Lamium galeobdolon)
Yellow Archangel is one of the classic woodland wildflowers. By that I mean it is very much associated with ancient …
Woodland wildflowers of the Wye Valley; Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia)
Herb Paris is an odd looking plant, it has just four leaves which are aligned opposite each other in two …
Hairs tail Cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum)
Yesterday (27/04/2017) I was checking out my bit of woodland and came across this little pant. I guessed that it …
Woodland wildflowers of the Wye valley; Ramsons. (Allium ursinum)
Ramsons, smells of garlic and onions, they have white flowers and in some areas it replaces bluebells and so the field …
Woodland plants of the Wye valley; Wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosa)
Wood-sorrel, is not related to the Sorrels called Rumex and looking like miniature dock plants, this sorrel is an Oxalis …
Woodland plants of the Wye Valley; Bluebell ( Hyacinthoides non-scripta )
Bluebells used to be Endymion non scripta but now its Hyacinthoides non-scripta! They are probably the most spectacular of our woodland …
Ninewells Wood 