Spotted by Volunteer Stephanie. First logged 18/06/20 Polyporus squamosus, common names Dryad’s Saddle, Scaly Polypore, Pheasants Back Status Common, found on deciduous trees and stumps. Season Start May Season End Aug Details This is the largest capped mushroom in the UK and can until become so heavy it can no […]
Spotted by Volunteer Stephanie. First logged 02/07/20.Earliest Submitted record by Volunteer Annabel (Before 2020 project began) Aglais urticae, common name Small Tortoiseshell Status Widespread throughout Britain and Ireland, commonly found in gardens. Size and Family Family: Nymphalids Size: Medium/Large Wing Span Range (male to female): 50-56mm Conservation Status […]
We wnet litter picking today with 3 volunteers from the local community who even turned up with thier own litter picking tools! (Now that’s commitment!). We also took along our youngest little helper lily to help us out pictured below and managed to get 2 bags fulls of littler again […]
Spotted by Volunteer Stephanie. First logged 14/05/20Earliest Submitted record by Volunteer Annabel (Before 2020 project began) Song Thrush Information can be found here on the RSPB website. A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers have declined markedly on farmland and in towns and cities. It’s smaller and browner than […]
Spotted by Volunteer Camilla. First logged 20/04/20 Lamium Purpureum, common name Purple Deadnettle. Family Lamium Status Commonly Widespread grass and meadow edge plant. Details A member of the mint family this plant resembles nettles at first glance but with a softer (and sting free) design and clear orchid like purple […]
Spotted by Volunteer Stephanie. First logged 2/7/20 Trametes versicolor, common names: Turkey Tail Status Commonly Widespread fungus growing on dead wood. Details The turkeytail is a small, tough, bracket fungus that grows in tiered layers on dead wood – mainly hardwood, such as beech or oak. It is very common […]
The team spent more work today looking at the hazardous back areas of the woodland and opening them up and sectioning unsafe areas with hazard tape. We also spotted a few species to add to our flora/fauna collection!
Alan explains how the make up of the woodland has lead to hazardous areas where drug misuse takes place and the dangerous syringes and tools left behind. We show you what these tools look like so you know what to look out for and how dangerous it is to handle […]
This week the team were dealing with a difficult area of the woodland filled with drug paraphenalia. Previously the sheltered spots in the woodland relatively untouched by the public and out of sight – have meant that drug misuse in the area has increased. This means many areas of the […]
A video introduction about the woodland and how it came to be – what sort of habitats it offers and how we are helping to fix the issues caused by the woodland makeup and improve habitats and species diversity. If you have any questions you would like to ask the […]
