Autumn approaches
Time moves on and despite some good daytime temperatures, the first signs of Autumn are making themselves felt. This year …
Tag Archives: Ninewells Wood
Woodland flowers of the Wye valley; Rosebay Willow Herb (Chamerion angustifolium)
This is sometimes known as Fireweed, because it will often spring up in an area where there has been a …
Nightjars
Well this is going to be a convoluted tale. Last week I was in my wood and a chap I …
Tree Pipit
The last time I was up at Ninewells wood I saw a small nondescript bird fly up from the ground …
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, Lords and Ladies.
Lords and Ladies, Wild Arum and Cuckoo Pint are some of it’s common names but it is Arum maculatum and it …
Woodland plants of the Wye valley, Toothwort.
Woodland plants of the Wye Valley; Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
To my mind this is more of a heath and moorland plant, but it is quite common in Ninewells wood …
Woodland plants of the Wye Valley, Golden leaved Saxifrage.
Golden leaved Saxifrage is not perhaps the most stunning woodland plant, but it does grow along the Wye valley and …
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 …
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