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I hope that you all had a good summer and were able to enjoy the sunshine. I am trying a new blog which will be open to the public,...

An interesting hole

Early this morning I spotted that someone had been busy digging in a stony area amongst the tree roots. There were a few bees crawling...

Flying Ant Day

I am amazed that three separate nests of ants all flew within minutes of each other. Both male and female ants fly in order to mate and...

Red breast nearly there

Today the young robins really show how they moult their feathers and get their red breasts.

Robin family

The other morning, this young robin ate my one ripe blueberry before I could have it for breakfast (the blueberry, not the robin!) Today...

Dodder

I mentioned the red strands of Dodder, a parasite that occurs on the Forest, but now it is in flower it is much more noticeable. There...

Egg laying

It was a bit windy today but I saw several Emperor dragonflies laying eggs in one particular pond. The wind must make it more difficult...

Grasshopper or Cricket?

Everywhere I go at the moment, I can hear the sound of grasshopper, or are they crickets? The main difference between a grasshopper and a...

Goldfinches

"The early bird gets the worm" is a well known saying. In our garden, the goldfinches are always up early and this morning I caught them...

Carnivorous plants

Did you know that there are carnivorous (meat eating) plants on Ashdown Forest? Don't worry, they can't manage a whole person. These are...

Silver studded blue butterflies

These rare butterflies can be seen in a few specific areas of Ashdown Forest. They are very precise in their habitat requirements,...

A spot of lunch

My most exciting spot of the day was at lunchtime and I can confidently post it here knowing that I won't see anything more exciting...

A very determined ant

Mrs Mace spotted this wood ant carrying a feather, which is so many times bigger than the ant itself. Ants of all types are very...

Lizard on my leg!

This warm weather has been perfect for our reptiles. I keep hearing (and just seeing) lizards running away but in warm weather they move...

Damselflies

Some of the wetter areas of the Forest are really important habitats for Dragonflies and Danselfies. These are damselflies: a large red...

Dodder

Yesterday I walked over 10 miles around the Forest. I thought that it was strange that I didn't see any Dodder, then today I walked...

A week.in the life of a slime mould

One last attempt at posting this and if it doesn't work I will change websites! I have taken pictures over a week to show how slime...

Orchids

Orchids are such special flowers, not only because they are so beautiful, but because the rely on mycorrizal fungi in the soil. We are...

No rest on Sunday

The squawk of the jackdaws has been replaced by the high pitched trill of wren nestlings. We had seen the wrens busy flying across the...

Jackdaws Part 2

Our jackdaw chicks have fledged. I missed the moment that they first flew this year but they appeared to come back for a day or so. Now...

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