Through the Seasons at ALNR
Summer
Waterlily in Beatles Pond, thanks to Julia Ambrose
Guelder rose, thanks Rod Newborough
Peacock butterfly on Fleabane, thanks Rod Newborough
Purple loosestrife in the Wykes, thanks to Chris Williams
Winter
Autumn
Mowing and raking the Memorial Garden.
Raking off and removing the "hay" helps to reduce the fertility of the soil, encouraging wildflowers rather than grass and nettles.
Lunch break under the Monk Oak on the lovely new bench.
Removing weed from one of the ponds in the Ashing Lane Nature Reserve. This annual task improves the aeration of the water and thus the environment for both flora and fauna. The specialist rake is a crome.
Late summer dragonflies
Thanks to Rod Newborough for the photos.
For help identifying dragon and damselflies, please visit https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/species-and-identification/
For help identifying dragon and damselflies, please visit https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/species-and-identification/
Migrant hawker
Common darter (female
Common darter (male)
The first blackthorn blossom of spring 2020
Rod Newborough
Fungi found in the woods 22/10/19
Number 1
Number 2
Number 3
Number 4
Number 5
26/08/19 Wayfaring tree berries
26/08/19 Wykes wetland with purple loosestrife
26/08/19 AAA pond
26/08/19 Small tortoiseshell on scabious
August 2019 Common lizard
28 June to 7 July 2019 - Summer at last!
7 July Welcome to the woods
Beside the footpath through Middle Wood
7 July Crab apples
Coot & cootlings on Coop Lake
7 July Coot & cootling
Privet in flower
Small tortoiseshell on knapweed
Painted Lady
A rather worn painted lady
7 July Large skipper
7 July Ringlet
7 July Six spot burnet
7 July Small white
7 July Waterlilies on Beatles Pond
Spring (2019) is sprung!
11 April - Blackthorn blossom on the South Wood hedge
11 April - Marsh marigold in Beatles pond
11 April - Greylag geese in Coop Wood
24 March - Cowslips
24 December 2018 at ALNR
Photos by Susie Mendel
Autumn colours 2018
With thanks to Susie Mendel 10/10/2018
1 June 2018 - spring!
Yellow Iris at Watts Wood Pond
Marsh orchid
Speckled Wood butterfily
28 May 2018
Can't this squirrel read?
Red hawthorn in the Memorial Garden.
1 May 2018 - wild pear and cowslips flowering in Monks Wood
25 March 2018
Out at ALNR in the warm sunshine, this Prunus species is starting to flower in the AAA meadow, heralding the spring.
14 February 2018
First it rained...
3 March 2018
... and then it snowed! This view of Coop Lake was taken by Rod Newborough
14/11/17 Rose hips and white poplar near the 'See' interpretive board in the AAA
8/11/17 Male Common Darter dragonfly basking on the new 'Touch' interpretive board in the AAA
