Just on the edge of the heath is this glorious Oak - Quercus robur. Looking resplendent in it's spring green.

Tag CloudOak

Carpet of Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta





The twists and turns of Sweet Chestnut trunks. - Castanea sativa







Oak - Quercus roubar



Common Lime - Tilia x europea



Wood Sorrell leaves in the grass - Oxalis acetosela

Tag CloudOak, Lime, SweetChestnut, Bluebells, WoodSorrell, Landscape

Oak - Quercus robur

Superb old Oaks on the edge of the main pools.



Speckled Wood - Pararge algeria









Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum







Broom - Cytisus scoparius

The curves in Broom are quite spectacular.



Hidden in the Broom bush a Long tailed Tit's nest covered in Lichen.



Dandelion - Taraxacum official



Cuckoo Flower - Cardamine pratensis



Orange Tip - Anthocaris cardamons

Tag CloudLandscape, OrangeTip, Oak, LongTailedTit, Broom, HerbRobert, CuckooFlower

An explosive burst of Blackcap, then Chiffchaff, followed by the Blackcap again. A bee floating around as well.




Another burst of Blackcap













Fresh young Oak - Quercus robur, leaves and flowers beginning to open.



Older Oak - Quercus robur





Male and female Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola







Dartford Warbler - Sylvia undata

Tag CloudDartfordWarbler, Stonechat, Landscape, Oak, FieldRecording

At least 330 years old apparently.



Magnificent trees







The brilliant touch of red to the trees at the moment.



Female Poplar catkins.




Super old oak in the sunshine.




Oak - Quercus robur




Brambling - Fringilla monitfringilla
in the trees this morning nibbling at the new shoots
characteristically wheezing.

Tag CloudOak, Landscape, Brambling, FieldRecording

Oak standards (Quercus robur )



Hazel - Corylus avellana








At least three ages of Hazel coppice across the wood









Elf Cup?



Bracket Fungus?





Moss? ground layer

Tag CloudCoppice, Landscape, ElfCup, Oak, Hazel

Oak standards (Quercus robur) with Hazel (Corylus Javellana) understorey.





Bracket Fungi?



Hazel Bark



Red Hazel flower



Male catkins below the female flower.







Hazel - Corylus avellana



Honeysuckle shoots - Lonicera periclymenum

Tag CloudLandscape, Honeysuckle, Fungi, FieldRecording, Oak, Hazel