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Some excellent knitted mice in the Christmas window display at the Bridlington RSPCA shop. A volunteer spent two years knitting them, and it looks amazing. Bought myself a jester mouse and he'll live on my desk.
December 13, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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A very picturesque stream flowing through a woodland valley, somewhat surprisingly located not far from Huddersfield, which hasn't traditionally (in my mind anyway) been synonymous with magical woodland vistas.
A very picturesque stream running through a wooded valley. The stream contains rocks, around which the water flows, and the valley sides are scattered with trees, and the ground carpeted with fallen leaves. Ivy can be seen climbing its way up one tree.
December 10, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna
Near Pateley Bridge
A large Hawthorn tree standing in the remnants of a long lost hedge. The tree has dropped its leaves and is a skeleton of knarly branches.
December 9, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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Northumberland fungi, on a private site in Kielder Forest.

Velvet shank (Flammulina velutipes), Silverleaf Fungus (Chondrostereum purpureum) and Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)
Velvet shank (Flammulina velutipes), an autumnal fungus growing in a clump out of a log Silverleaf Fungus (Chondrostereum purpureum), a purple fungus growing on a log. Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides), a fungus that resembles the folds and contours of a brain. This one is growing on a log.
November 26, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Training in Kielder next week so I'm staying in Bellingham. Love the Northumberland roads, it's like driving on a rollercoaster. Had a walk along the Hareshaw Burn but sadly too late to reach the waterfall before dark so made do with a murky weir.
November 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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Morning visit to a public woodland near Beverley. Mature and veteran oak and some lovely wood pasture. Bonus Witches Butter (Exidia Glandulosa).
Image shows a landscape of trees, mostly oak, scattered about on grassy pasture. The woodland is on the right of the field. Image shows a mature oak tree that has lost most of its leaves. The sun is shining through the bare branches and the woodland floor is carpeted with crunchy leaves Image shows another mature oak, this time with a few more leaves. The image shows Witches Butter fungus, which is black and shiny with a globular, folded brain-like form. It looks suspiciously like, but definitely isn't, animal droppings.
November 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Yorkshire Arboretum on Saturday in blue sky and sun (and just a little rain). Trees and the glorious autumnal colours work wonders for the soul.
Yorkshire Arboretum in autumn. The sky is bright with a few fluffy clouds, and the ground is grassy. There are a number of trees scattered around, most having lost their leaves, which form a carpet below. Yorkshire Arboretum, at the far north west end. This is an area with large, mature trees, and pictured are several oaks, the lobed leaves of which are changing from rich green to crunchy orange as autumn progresses. There is a carpet of fallen leaves below the trees.
November 10, 2024 at 12:55 PM