Calendar of what's happening in nature
10.5.13 21:00hrs
Wild whitecurrants
Emerging Ferns
Primroses at shack
Leopardsbane
Bluebells
Forget me not (mysotis)
Lesser celandines 
Ferns
comfrey
Apparently there are a few ways to tell if woodland is ancient,:-
1. If it is shown on early maps,
2.If it is irregular shape and not a rectangle as with modern tree planting because it is easier to fence.
3.Woodland on slopes was not easy to clear or farm, so it got left where it was.
4.Native primroses are paler yellow and native bluebells hang to one side.
5. Existence of ancient hollow way (an old track pasing through the middle of the wood.)
All of the above are evident in the valley of what is called "Hidden valley" on old local maps.



Forget me not (mysotis)Ferns

comfreyApparently there are a few ways to tell if woodland is ancient,:-
1. If it is shown on early maps,
2.If it is irregular shape and not a rectangle as with modern tree planting because it is easier to fence.
3.Woodland on slopes was not easy to clear or farm, so it got left where it was.
4.Native primroses are paler yellow and native bluebells hang to one side.
5. Existence of ancient hollow way (an old track pasing through the middle of the wood.)
All of the above are evident in the valley of what is called "Hidden valley" on old local maps.
yellow archangel
scarlet pimpernel
Orange hawkweed near "Aero"

3 kinds of orchid:-
Early spotted, common spotted pyramid?

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