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We finally got out and about again after 3 weeks either stuck indoors ill or out visiting family so it was nice to visit Rowney Woods today. Having just commented that we hadn’t seen any fungus in the woods we immediately spotted these.
A small family of these had gathered on the lawn in front of a delightful thatched cottage on the edge of Rowney Woods.
On the way into (and, indeed, the way out of) Rowney Woods there is a long, quite dreary walk down a stony road with old nissen huts down one side (presumably left over from the Second World War) and a field on the other side. The road is lined with
The pine stacks are slowly being taken away from Rowney Woods, as soon as you walk into the woods you immediately smell the fresh pine so it will be a shame when it’s all gone. The woods are in constant change at the moment with autumn nearing completion and winter
This jolly family of fungus was photographed in Rowney Woods (where else) back in September. I’ve included a picture of the full family tree along with a picture of one of the single families 😉
I like mushrooms and I like finding fungus of any type to photograph, so much so that we both keep a close eye out for it and are almost as excited by its discovery as we are when a deer makes an appearance…well OK, maybe excited isn’t really the word.
Back to Rowney Woods this morning where we saw a whole mass of fallow deer. we started by seeing a loan stag patroling the edge of the woods on his own, he looked quite young.
I’m sure it will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed this blog for a month or two that the Rowney Woods would feature again. We paid another early morning visit last Sunday, but with the days drawing in we were able to leave at a much more
You may recall our post a month or so ago talking about the condemned pine trees in Rowney Wood – you can see the post by clicking here. Well, here’s what happened to them!
Walking in Rowney Woods at the moment you can’t help but notice the large number of acorns under foot, along with the busy scampering of the grey squirrels collecting them for future use. Some acorns cling to their oak tree taking on a very brown appearance as seen here.
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