Woodland wildflowers of the Wye valley: Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Winter Aconites are one of the first plants to flower in Spring. This photo was taken whilst on a visit to …
Tag Archives: Ninewells Wood
Christmas Trees
Well I have somewhat gone against my principles and planted some non native trees in my woodland. I have planted …
Feeding station
Recently I have set up a feeding station near to the entrance to the woods. Feeding station is a rather grand …
‘Ten Green Bottles’
‘Ten green bottles…… and if one should accidentally fall’ Well its slightly more than ten and they are not green, …
Wild Boar in Ninewells wood.
There is new evidence for wild boar being present in the Ninewells wood area this week (Dec 22nd 2016) …
Dothistroma update
My bit of Ninwells wood was largely populated with Corsican Pine when I bought it back in 2013. They looked …
Black bird / Thrush
Saw this bird in the woods today, it had been feeding on Rowan berries. However is it a female blackbird …
European Golden rod (Solidago virgaurea)
There are not that many woodland plants that flower later in the year, and most of the ones that do …
Autumn approaches
Time moves on and despite some good daytime temperatures, the first signs of Autumn are making themselves felt. This year …
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 …
