Poplar Hawk Moth.
Always good to see something new at the wood. Near the entrance there are quite a few Sallow bushes, these …
Tag Archives: Species seen at Catbrook Wood
Woodlands Awards 2021
After a month away in the sun I was pleased to get back to see how our wood was getting …
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 …
Small Copper; Lycaena phlaeas
Not so many butterflies around this summer as in previous years…don’t know why. This Small Copper was seen yesterday. …
Green Tiger Beetle, Cicindela campestris
Saw this little chap, last Monday 23rd April in our patch of Ninewells Wood. I had seen them last year, …
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 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 …
Chiffchaff at Ninewells wood
I was up at the woods today, it was cold grey and windy but there was the sound of a …
Goodbye summer; hello winter.
Here are two photos I took last week, at virtually the same moment. For me one was the last vestige of Summer …
Ninewells Wood 