Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica) on a dead branchMarvellously sculptural Hornbeam coppice trunksMad Bess Wood in low December sunshineHyphodontia radula (Schizoporaceae, an agaricomycete)Moss on tree stumpHornbeam coppice with Oak standards in Copse WoodRuislip Lido and Park Wood
Tree Pipit singing sweetly. Its perch has been well drilled by Woodpeckers.Wide views over heath, hill, and woodland as far as the eye can see: Puttenham Common from Hillbury Hill FortThe Tarn on Puttenham Common, a remarkably big body of water surrounded by beautiful Oak – Birch – Holly forestAn enormous coppice stool of Holly, a most surprising tree to find coppiced, beside the main forest track running north from the Tarn. It must be ancient to have grown to such a size. A fabulous big moss, I think AtrichumAnother gorgeous big moss, surely Polytrichum
The English seem unemotional … except for their passion for nature
