Summer 2021

​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

Swans on the lake in Cooperative Wood ​31/12/20 

Autumn tasks

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/

 The first blackthorn blossom of spring 2020

Rod Newborough

Fungi found in the woods 22/10/19

28 June to 7 July 2019 - Summer at last!

Spring (2019) is sprung!

24 December 2018 at ALNR

Photos by Susie Mendel

Autumn colours 2018

With thanks to Susie Mendel 10/10/2018

1 June 2018 - spring!

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