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Continue reading →: This Week in Photos: May 4th – 10th (19)Cow Parsley bridge – Pink Hawthorn – Hybrid Campion – Small-flowered Crane’s-bill – Red Sheep Sorrel – Green Hairstreak Notes A limited selection from a couple of outings last week, as we get closer to our wedding. Happy to see the Hybrid Campion and Green Hairstreak!
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Continue reading →: This Week in Photos: April 27th – May 3rd – French Alps Edition (18)Notes This week saw me exploring Annecy, Chamonix and the French Alps as part of my stag-do.
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Continue reading →: How to tell Wood-sedge (Carex sylvatica) from Thin-spiked Wood-sedge (Carex strigosa)Two similar sedges to look out for in woodlands in May are Wood-sedge Carex sylvatica and Thin-spiked Wood-sedge Carex strigosa. They sometimes grow together, even side-by-side (Shrawley Woods) but are relatively straight-forward to tell apart. Wood sedge Carex sylvaticahas utricles which gradually taper to a long beak, has narrower, more…
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Continue reading →: This Week in Photos & Flowers : April 20th – 26th (17)Bluebells at Pound Green – Bitter-vetch – ‘Wonky Horns’ – Annual knawel leaves – Ducklings – Teesdalia habitat – Pudford Sunset – Stork’s-bill on the verge Notes This week, St. Mark’s Flies have taken to the skies coinciding nicely with the start of the hawthorn blossom. The docile flight of…
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Continue reading →: 10 Places to see Bluebells in Worcestershire – Draft ListAbout This is a draft list with specific details, such as parking, maps and photos to follow. I’m not saying these are the best places, (although Shrawley probably is) but they provide a spring board to get outside, and into an adventure. If you know any other super spots for…
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Continue reading →: This Week in Photos: 13th – 19th April (16)Rapeseed sunset – Jack-by-the-hedge – Bluebells at Shrawley – Apple Blossom – Lords-and-ladies – Small nettle vs. Common nettle Notes I haven’t managed to capture as much as I’d have liked to this week, but Week 16 has felt like the true start of spring. Apple blossoms are fully out,…
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Continue reading →: What’s Flowering? Hartlebury Common – Acid Grassland Flowers – Week 16Woodlands often hold our attention at this time of year, but before the parching heat of the summer, acid grasslands are also wonderful spots to botanise. This week, the minute plants of sandy grasslands and disturbed areas of Hartlebury Common have woken up. With the turf littered with little botanical…
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Continue reading →: This Week in Photos: 30th March – 5th April (14)Golden hour – Slate binoculars at Corris – Mine tunnels – Slate stock fencing – ‘Little Italy’ – Barmouth bridge – Marsh Marigolds
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Continue reading →: Guide: Colour Variations in Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)Did you know there are different coloured varieties of Sweet Violet? I went looking for them, and managed to photograph four different forms this spring. How many have you seen?
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Continue reading →: This Week in Photos: 9th-15th of March (11)Shelsley Walsh church – Pink Vinca – Wild daffodils – White sweet violet – First wood anemone – Spring lambs – Black phesant – Vine farm pools
Hello,
I’m Tom
Welcome to my blog! I’m a professional ecologist and joint BSBI Vice-county Recorder for Worcestershire.
Here I share my photographs, insights on natural history, botanical musings, and spots to botanise. Enjoy!
Tom the Botanist 