© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Wood Anemone |
From the church we first walked across the bridge to look at some unusual flowers in a flooded woodland.
The flowers turned out to be a species of Leucojum, probably Spring Snowflake - a garden escape.
Next we walked up the hill along the ancient green lane where we found a number of early spring flowers including some lovely Wood Anemones. |
Reaching the top of the hill we had a quick look at the sarsen stone and then continued along the ridge through an area of heathland.
A male Stonechat appeared on some Gorse but its attendant Dartford Warbler was nowhere to be seen.
At the end of this track was a very strange sight - a mobile phone mast in the shape of a plastic tree! |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio The plastic tree |
The last section of the walk took us through a very varied hillside woodland. One of the best sightings here was a Minotaur Beetle which had fallen down a Badger Hole! |
Birds Wood Pigeon Great-spotted Woodpecker (heard) Song Thrush (heard) Robin Stonechat Goldcrest Blue Tit Great Tit Marsh Tit Siskin Chaffinch |
Mammals Rabbit Mole (signs) Badger (signs) |
Insects Minotaur Beetle |
Fungi Varicoloured Bracket Common Inkcap |
Plants English Bluebell Hard Fern Harts-tongue Fern Lesser Celandine Marsh Marigold Polypody Fern Primrose Red Dead-nettle Wall Rue White Dead-nettle Wood Anemone |