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,…
Large-leaved avens – Geum macrophyllum
On a recent walk Sue, a member of the Ecology Group, came across large -leaved Avens (Geum Macrophyllum) in Wood 2: map ref. SK3263483054. There are about 60-70 plants and…