Midsummer bramble time
Bramble: friend or foe? Our native bramble (Rubus fruiticosus) gets a bit of a bad rap at times. This reputation is only partly deserved. Bramble aka blackberry is the first…
Yellow rattle in Donkey Field
June 2020 Conservation Update
Ornithology Update Male kestrel on Hector's House In May the woods were alive with the songs of nesting birds and fledglings. Woodpeckers and tree creepers were seen entering their nests,…
Few flowered garlic (Allium paradoxum)
Ecclesall Woods walk: 4th April 2020
Perhaps setting a new record, the first English bluebell (Hyacinthodies non-scripta) flower was recorded in the Woods on 7th April. It was observed to be early and actually overlapped the…