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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/

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