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The Bavarian Forest: Butterflies meet the melting snow
In April 2014 I visited the Bavarian Forest, a landscape which, combined with the neighbouring Bohemian Forest in Czechia is the largest area of protected woodland in Europe. The Bavarian Forest or...
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August dreams of fungi in Epping Forest
Epping Forest, Essex/London, August 2018 Saturday morning in Epping Forest and so often a trip to the woods feels like leaving a world behind. The weekend shoppers, cyclists, children feeding ducks in...
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Summer rain must mean mushrooms in Epping Forest
Epping Forest, Essex, August 2019 Unlike most, I’ve welcomed the wet weather of recent weeks in southern England. In August, this means mushrooms. Hopefully not only an early burst in August but a...
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The Tamar Valley: London’s sylvan links with Buckland Abbey
Buckland Abbey, Tamar Valley, Devon, November 2019 At last the rain has stopped. Buckland Abbey, once home to Sir Frances Drake (1540-1596), climbs out of its nook in the hillside, reflecting the...
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The Sussex Weald: the realm of the ancient
St. Leonard’s Forest, West Sussex, December 2019 The path slopes up between ranks of birch, beech and oak. On the banks bracken is encrusted with frost and the addition of oak and beech leaves. I love...
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The Sussex Weald: beech trees blighted by fire
St. Leonard’s Forest, West Sussex, June 2020 Rain spots my shirt as a storm threatens overhead. The heat in Sussex has been blistering this week, with a breach of the thirty-degree mark yesterday....
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#FungiFriday: on bracket mushrooms and illegal logging
Fungi Friday 10th July 2020 I went on a bike ride to the edge of a large woodland complex on Fungi Friday Eve (AKA Thursday). I went in hope of finding that mushrooms, after a fair amount of rain,...
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The Sussex Weald: deer reclaim the Forest
St. Leonard’s Forest, West Sussex, August 2020 I stand on the long, straight track that cuts through the heart of St. Leonard’s Forest. I recently looked for it on a map from the 1870s. I thought it...
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The Sussex Weald: to fall is not to fail
St. Leonard’s Forest, West Sussex, October 2020 A jay swoops through the trees in silence, landing on an oak branch, an acorn held in its bill. A friend and I have a running gag. Wherever we see a jay...
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Fungi 🍄: Storm Eunice picks her stick of the week
This was the week when fungi made a comeback in the form of windblown sticks. I used to do post-storm checks in an oak woodland. It was a really enjoyable task, which may come as a surprise to hear....
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