Wendy found these wild raspberries whilst out walking in the woods the other day.
Wild raspberries
Wildlife reports
Hummingbird moth!
I was walking along the rides today when I came across a hummingbird moth feeding on the pink campion. Lovely to see one this early in the year.
Fungi fun
Here are a few photos from this Sunday’s Fungi Foray at Oakley Wood.
The event, led by Ben Devine from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and local mycologist Dave Champion, was a great success. 40 or so people joined us on a fine, sunny October morning to forage for fungi and learn more about their importance to woodland. Amongst the many species of fungus that were found one highlight was a couple of examples of Pseudoboletus parasiticus, a rare parasitic fungus that grows on earthballs and was barely known in Warwickshire a decade ago.
Mushrooms
Bats galore
Cycling along the lanes near Oakley Wood last evening I was surrounded by bats feeding along the hedgerows
Bluebells at dawn
Chris Day has been up with the lark to get some stunning photos of this year’s bluebell display in the dawn light.
BioBlitz results
The results of the first BioBlitz in Oakley Wood are in! The event, on 12 April 2014, was a great success and thanks to all the enthusiastic surveyors who came along and helped out on […]
Don’t miss the bluebells!
It’s time to get down to the woods if you want to see this year’s display of bluebells
Springtime!!
More signs of spring
It’s looking ever more spring like in Oakley Wood. The wood anemones were more widespread today and there was plenty of wood sorrel flowering on the little path at map square C8 (NGR: SP308591). There was […]