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Dead Hedge Renewal Feb 2025
February 2025 Dead Hedge Renewal
April 2025 - Bluebells Northern Bracken Field
Flooding January 2025

         Clearing Shallow Pond Oct 2023                       Beef steak fungus Oct 2023                    Silver washed Fritillary Aug 2023

                 Volunteers at work Corner Glade extension - Before and after                                                             Common Lizard 03.04.23 out in the spring sun

September 2022 Powdery Brittlegill Russula parazurea               Birch polypore Fomitopsis betulina         Grey Spotted Amanita Amanita excelsa
September 2022 Amethyst Deceiver - Laccaria amethystina                                       Porcelain Fungus Oudemansiella mucida on Beech tree
                                             February/March  2022     winter storms - fallen beech trees                 Volunteers clearing bramble and willow saplings  
March 2022 Willow flowers (aka Pussy Willow)        Lichen (Foliose) Evernia prunastri (aka Oak Moss)            Fungi ( TurkeyTails ) on decaying birch tree 
July 2021 Gatekeeper                                                July 2021 Fresh looking Red Admiral                    July 2021 Large Tortoiseshell 25.07.21 with                                                                                                                                                                 thanks and acknowledgement to Polly Mair
July 2021 Azulox Glade - work to be done.                    July 2021 ............and after work done                 July 2021 Marbled white mating
Nov 2020 Seasonal stream 'Issues and Collects'         Nov 2020 Seasonal winter hidden pond appears       Nov 2020 Seasonal stream
Oct 2020 Remains of Hornets' nest in old birch tree      Oct 2020 Dog rose with 'Robin's Pincushion' by Gall wasp      Oct 2020 Good show of Fly Agarics
 January 2018 Winter pictures.                    November 2018 The cleared flint wall and our friendly robin.
November 2017
Autumn fungi. This is the rare Cauliflower fungus Sparassis spathulata  confirmed as only the third recent record in Sussex
Also a Brown Hairstreak egg on the Blackthorn bushes. 

August 2017 
Heather Glade - The really fine show of heather filling the area.
An interesting comparison to the pictures below from 2009.

JANUARY 2009
​BIRCH GLADE - Early days - clearing the Birch Glade (now known as the Heather Glade - see above)
THE MIRE - JANUARY 2009 - TREE REMOVAL AND BRUSH CLEARANCE
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