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April 11, 2026
The bluebell gets the headlines, but for me, the earlier snow-drifts of Wood Anemone, ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐...
April 10, 2026
In a clearing along the path of the Valley of the Oaks, near the Chรชne Lienard, there stands a...
April 9, 2026
Today was ideal for gathering dandelion flowers. Two of my neighbours have plenty and,...
April 8, 2026
Strolling away from Notre-Dame des Bonnes Odeurs, the young beech stand. The ground is all...
April 7, 2026
A colour name straight from the palette of a Jack Vance novel. Cinnabar, the mineral, is...
April 6, 2026
At some point this Beech disagreed with itself and a clear V was formed. If you look carefully,...
April 5, 2026
Here on the margins of the Forest, we have three plants with a long Easter association. Firstly,...
April 4, 2026
Take a look at this portion of Stevensโ c.1905 map of the Forest: You may know the area, itโs by...
April 3, 2026
Being fortunate enough to visit the Forest during the week, I often see what hides at the weekend...
April 2, 2026
Within the same visual frame as yesterdayโs Horse Chestnut stands an impressive Hornbeam, ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข...
April 1, 2026
'I remember the times when, in late autumn, we would take conkers, the fruit of the Horse...
March 31, 2026
We have two celandines, the Greater and the Lesser. Of the latter I have already written earlier...
March 30, 2026
I am falsely named, like my cousins the Purple Dead Nettle and Ground Ivy. We are all mints,...
March 29, 2026
The forest floor resembles, at this time of year, a kind of floral confetti. Here and there,...
March 28, 2026
This is ๐บ๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, Ground Ivy. Lierre terrestre in French, Hondsdraf in Dutch. It is...
March 27, 2026
๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Once, the chiffchaff and the blackcap were straightforward migrants. Their short...
March 26, 2026
๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ Groundsel, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ , is not a plant that asks to be admired...
March 25, 2026
The common names of plants fascinate me. Here in north-west Europe we have much in common, yet...
March 24, 2026
This past winter has reminded me that the Forest has as much to offer now as it does in full leaf...
March 23, 2026
๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฆ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ With ancestors reaching back to before the dinosaurs,...