Autumn approaches
It might only be the second day of August but I spotted 3 different species of fungi in the woods …
Tag Archives: Ninewells Wood
Swallows
I had a day up at the woods this Wednesday….. 24th June… It was a hot day, sunny and probably …
June 2020
Two visits to our wood last week…. Wales has now partially lifted the lock down…. much more partially than England …
Corona
Well that’s it for a while. Our wood is six miles from our house and driving there is now not …
March 2010…. cutting down.
Its funny how things turn around, a few years ago I was busy planting trees and putting protective collars around …
October 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.
This relatively common and easily identified fungus was spotted yesterday growing in Ninewells wood. This is the first time I …
Linnets ((Linaria cannabina)
Today, the 5th August 2019, is the last day of the first Ashes test and England had to stay in …
Bracken bashing
Yesterday I spent several happy hours in our wood bashing back the bracken. I use a long very sharp pruning …
Spring or Winter
Last week it was warm, even hot and this has brought several trees into leaf, particularly the Rowan, Willow and …
Ninewells Wood 