and talks a bit
et discute un peu
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August 24, 2026
๐๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ The Scentless Mayweed, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐, is in...
August 23, 2026
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ These heavy, drooping clusters of translucent scarlet berries are...
August 22, 2026
Le Rossignol chante gรฉnรฉreusement, sans se mรฉnager, car, hรฉlas ! son temps est comptรฉ. Il garde...
August 21, 2026
The brackets are out in force after the recent rains. Outcrops of polypores from the stumps of...
August 20, 2026
๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ Tbh, I find bracket fungi a bit, well, boring. Brown concrete sticking...
August 18, 2026
Here we have the Linden with its little cluster of nutlets dangling beneath a long, pale bract....
August 17, 2026
I have been seeing a lot of Little Balsam in the Forest, our established Asian. But this was...
August 16, 2026
โร la Saint-Roch, les noisettes on croqueโ, or so the saying goes in Picardy/Wallonia. Today is...
August 16, 2026
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ.โฆ ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ - ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ...
August 15, 2026
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ... Voici le joli Rouge-queue dit Rossignol des murailles...
August 14, 2026
Between Brassinelaan and Lorraine in Rhode-St-Genรจse, there is a short path, some 400m long,...
August 12, 2026
Many years ago, probably at the end of the last century, my friend Patsy invited me to her...
August 10, 2026
The Forest remains quiet, birds seem to have fled to cooler climes and away from the margins...
August 9, 2026
I spoke a couple of days ago about the physical structure of the Forest, the shape of the ground,...
August 7, 2026
There are countless faerie-like figures from around Europe; Skogsrรฅ, Metsรคnneito, Witte Wieven,...
August 6, 2026
At this time of year, the Forest seems almost paused. There is little new to see, perhaps...
August 5, 2026
๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Wild Boar left the Forest by 1917, whether by over-hunting or too much wood...
August 4, 2026
By the old priory at Groenendaal, there are plenty of Lindens (Tilleul, Linde) and this year they...
August 2, 2026
Beech beware! Here is a young specimen of ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ , the Black-staining polypore,...
August 2, 2026
I have started to work through Stevens and Van der Swaelmenโs ๐บ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ฬ๐ก ๐๐...