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Photo Journal: March 2025
Titterstone Clee – 19.03.25 Yesterday, Jake and I decided to drive out to Titterstone Clee Hill to catch what ended up cracking sunset. St. Peter’s Church & Dick Brook – 18.03.25 Lauren and I ventured out before tea to have a spring mooch around St. Peter’s Churchyard in Astley. We then walked down into the…
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Walk: Salwarpe to Severn via Droitwich Canal
The Walk (7km / 1hr 48mins) Last weekend Lauren and I decided to meander our way along the Droitwich canal from St Michael’s Church to the confluence where the River Salwarpe meets the Severn at Hawford. We started the day by dropping one car off at the end point along Hawford Lock Lane behind the…
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Photos: Wyre Forest & Ribbesford Woods. Sept-Oct 2024
Wyre Forest – 29th September 2024 Lauren and I decided to visit the Wyre Forest for some autumn colour and the Wild Service trees Sorbus torminalis along the Dowles Brook didn’t dissapoint. We walked in from Buttonoak, stopping off at Coopers Mill to have lunch where we watched the cattle grazing the orchard on the…
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10 Places within 10 Minutes of Stourport-on-Severn
The List ‘Doorstep’ Places Mitton Marsh Conservation Area This is a short loop that can be done on foot in around 30 minutes literally from the front doorstep. Follow the footpath that can be picked up from the junction of Millfields Drive and the B4193 which runs along the bank of the River Stour. The…
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Botanical Notes: August & September 2024
It’s been a while! But we’re back with some botanical highlights from August and September, and my first couple of months with Severn Rivers Trust. 1. Hybrid Woundwort (Stachys x ambigua). It shares the characters of both parents (S. sylvatica and S. palustris), but unlike S. palustris it has leaf stalks! These plants were growing…
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Photos: Withybed, Wyre Forest. Janurary 2023.
With autumn drawing ever closer, I have been sifting through old photographs hoping to finally get around to making a photobook. These three from January 22nd 2023 stood out to me, as I look at them I can almost taste the crisp winter air of Wyre.
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ID Tip: Early Dog vs. Common Dog Violets
Early Dog Violet (Viola reichenbachiana) vs. Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) These two violet species are fairly similar in appearance and are often found growing together in woodlands and hedgerows. Early Dog Violet (1) has a spur that is usually darker than the petals and has short sepal appendages. Common Dog Violet (2) has a…
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ID Tip: Three-nerved Sandwort Vs. Common Chickweed
Three-nerved Sandwort Moehringia trinervia is a member of the Campion family worth looking out for in woodlands and waysides on acid soils. Here it was found in growing on a sandy woodland ride at Shrawley Woods, Worcestershire. It differs from the ubiquitous Common Chickweed Stellaria media by having sepals longer than petals, petals entire –…
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Walk: Lincomb Lock (5.6km / 50m)
Monday February 26th 2024 Route Details A quick walk after work to go and see the Severn. We walked over the lower common, onto the A4025 then down the lane towards Lincomb Lock caravan park. We took the right of way uphill to the east of the park where we saw some nice woodland species,…
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Walk: Hillditch Short Loop (4.2km / 87m)
February 24th 2024 Route Details Lauren and I decided to go on a sunset walk passing over Hartlebury Common. We made our way through the oakwoods onto Hillditch Lane and back via Hillditch pools and Charlton Mill. Records On the way back we had a view over Stourport in the dark, with plumes of smoke…
