On Tuesday I saw a magnificent selection of Cladonia species lichen (mostly pixies cups) at Ambesham Common; I noted 12 species. You can...

Hatfield is of supreme interest in that all the elements of a medieval Forest survive: deer, cattle, coppice woods, pollards, scrub,...

Ebernoe is dominated by old wood pasture where Commoners would have turned out their cattle or pigs to graze and browse on young trees...

The ancient Banstead Woods were fabulously beautiful today with their array of autumn colours (even in 4ºC and pouring rain). They are...

The lure for visiting Staffhurst Wood was reading its SSSI specification which says: The old oak trees support a rich lichen flora...

A medieval deer park (Buxted Park) Four churches & a chapel (Little Horsted, Uckfield, Five Ash Down, & Eridge Green) 08.10.24 A cemetery...

Fabulous Yews,

A site of special scientific interest (SSSI), the ancient Oxleas woods covers 77 hectares and is at least 8,000 years old. Oxleas Woods,...

This post focusses on assemblages ("still lives") of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichen, shingle, brick, mortar and concrete at Tide...