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      Shaggy Dung Fungus

      October 7, 2026
      A familiar fungus with a toxic cousin, here we see the Shaggy Inkcap, ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘ , standing...

      Spindly by name...

      October 6, 2026
      This one took me by surprise. It is the European Spindle, ๐ธ๐‘ข๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘ , which not only is...

      Spotty?

      October 4, 2026
      I hadnโ€™t seen a Fly Agaric in the Forest for years, probably from that time before Covid. I also...

      Wood warbler

      October 3, 2026
      ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ... ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ. ๐–๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ - ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ Le Pouillot...

      Hollow Tree House

      October 2, 2026
      Looking over old maps of the Forest, one sees trees named โ€˜Wolfs Appelarโ€™ and โ€˜de Raefeyckโ€™...

      Manicured nettle border

      September 30, 2026
      I havenโ€™t posted since the weekend; work commitments have stripped away my writing time. Anyway,...

      Stop trolling me!

      September 27, 2026
      I donโ€™t claim to be disciplined at all, but Iโ€™m learning; itโ€™s easy to say โ€˜I went there...

      Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler

      September 26, 2026
      ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ... ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ก๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ - ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐žฬ๐ฅ๐จ...

      Spruce or Pine?

      September 25, 2026
      In the city it is so easy not to notice architectural features much above the eyeline: thereโ€™s so...

      Iceberg in the Forest

      September 24, 2026
      Should you be at the Rouge-Cloรฎtre, walking along the Chemin des ร‰tangs on the northern bank of...

      Mith

      September 22, 2026
      ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒโ€ฆ ๐Œ๐ข๐ญ๐ก Yesterday saw the hop, a true relative of ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘Ž...

      In a bine

      September 21, 2026
      The equinox approaches and todayโ€™s plant is the little wolf, ๐ป๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ , or the hop. Itโ€™s...

      The Orchard at the Rouge-Cloรฎtre

      September 20, 2026
      < Au pied du mur sโ€™รฉtend un beau vieux verger oรบ voisinent des pommiers magnifiques et des noyers...

      The Icterine Warbler

      September 19, 2026
      ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ... ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐–๐š๐ซ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ - ๐‹๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญ Le...

      A right bane!

      September 18, 2026
      Itโ€™s mid-September and we approach the equinox. Days shorten. Down by the lakes and ponds...

      Ceci n'est pas un fort

      September 17, 2026
      Yesterday was the feast of Saint Cornelius and it seemed opportune to meet a new young colleague,...

      Foreign nut

      September 14, 2026
      Iโ€™m still on the island between Plek parking and Dubois at Groenendaal. Well, not actually but...

      Wrong plant, wrong place

      September 12, 2026
      This island, between Plek parking and Dubois at Groenendaal, is almost a world in itself. Like...

      The Common Whitethroat

      September 12, 2026
      La Fauvette grisette a moins bon caractรจre. Elle est trรจs mรฉfiante, prudente, rusรฉe, et il nโ€™est...

      North-South divide

      September 11, 2026
      I never mind it if people are a little delayed meeting me, when itโ€™s in the Forest. Between the...
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