Seasonal Nature Photos (1 Viewer)

[Fozzybear]

Thanks Kits, Wendy, Pam and Val - yes, the butterflies were in good nick and the Small Copper was in a far better condition than the only other one I'd seen close up! I'm not 100% sure if it was a barn owl from the view I got but it 'felt' like it was one... rather tantalising!

The oak woods there are nice but as it's in the common they're not untouched by any means - quite fascinating though as there are pits, embankments from Napoleonic era defences and more recent effects of the commoners and now bmx bikers. It's the woods to the north-east that are really special, tiny fragments of the ancient woodland, they are mostly hornbeam and oak and are amazing to walk through!

I have some other shots of some of those woods, I took these in November 2007 - the first is in the oak wood on the Common and the second is of the small spinney near Galleyend, to the north-east of Galleywood.

 

[Wendy Morris]

This, I'm reliably informed, is called Tamarisk and I saw it behind Chesil Beach at Abbotsbury this afternoon. For most of the year it is simply the ferm-like leaves, but these are now the flowers. It is a high shrub, up to 10 feet in places and makes a hedge, especially to the east of the car park. Interestingly, there is a Tamarisk Farm just along the coast at West Bexington.

 

[Pam_m]

They look very inviting woods, Fozzy!

Pretty flowers, Wendy! I will check the shrub out later, it does look interesting!

 

[palval147]

Nice wood photo's Fozzy.
I like the furry flowers, Wendy.

 

[Kits]

Lovely Tamarisk flowers, Wendy.

A couple from my weekend ...

 

[Wendy Morris]

Very pretty, Kits.

There were a lot of these around when I was picking sloes this afternoon, plus the basket of sloes I picked.

 

[palval147]

The trees are starting to change now, Kits, I love the red coloured leaves.
The butterfly you saw, Wendy, looks like a new one as well, no tatty wings.
Good basket of sloes there.

 

[Fozzybear]

That's a nice load of sloes!

Went to Galleywood Common this morning with some local people I met via Flickr and found a lot of fungi at the old Napoleonic defences. Not sure what kind these are but they were a pretty good size.

 

[JCLynn]

Muntjac on the stubble during a late misty autumn evening.



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[Sy V]

Seasonal?
Well I ringed it yesterday and it does have a certain "Aaaawww" factor...

 

[Wendy Morris]

It certainly does, Simon! They really are so tiny, makes you wonder how they survive.

 

[palval147]

Nice photo's people.
Yes, Sy, deffinately very Awwww!
We had a few in our garden yesterday, feeding in the Willow & calling constantly to each other, lovely little birds.

 

[JCLynn]

Lovely little Goldcrest Simon. I'm still waiting for our local 'winter gang' of these happy little birds, to arrive. Won't be long now.

 

[Fozzybear]

Beautiful little Goldcrest - really shows how titchy he is!

 

[Kits]

Excellent pics of the muntjac and the goldcrest.

 

[Wendy Morris]

From this afternoon's foray for sloes...

1. Optomistic blackberry plant!

2. Haws, right next to the blackberry bush.

3&4. Oak leaves beginning to turn.

 

[palval147]

Nice selection, Wendy.
Those blackberries could still ripen, if the weather stays warm & sunny.|8)||:d|

 

[Kits]

Nice selection, Wendy.

 

[JCLynn]

'Tis that time of year on The Wash.



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[Wendy Morris]

You counted them all I hope?!!!!