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Posts tagged "wildlife"

17 Mar 10 Bridgewood in March

Since my last post, I've finished the North Ride and begun work on the South Ride. Together these two form a circular track near the perimeter of the (square-ish) Bridgewood site, with the existing Middle Ride as a diagonal, rather like the red part of a "no parking" sign. I've also taken another photo of a buzzard. [more...]

27 Sep 09 Buzzard photographed at last!

I've finally got a photo of a common buzzard, perched on one of the tree stumps in the Glade. I got this one picture before it decided to fly off into the trees. The buzzards have been spotted several times in the area of the Glade and the adjoining stretch of the Middle Ride, and opening up these spaces has probably encouraged them, as they prefer the edges of woodlands rather than dense areas.

12 Aug 09 Bridgewood in August

After glorious weekend weather in May and June, July and now August are being a bit mixed. Despite that I've still been down about one day a week, and managed to dodge the recent rain using the weather forecasts. Most of these trips have been to enjoy the wood (including its BDSM possibilities with a new volunteer), but I've also almost finished the new toilet. [more...]

21 Feb 09 Green shoots ... at Bridgewood at least

No green shoots in the economy yet, but it was a sunny spring day in Bridgewood today and the ground has a scattering of new growth. The red shape in the bottom-left corner is Scarlet Elf Cup, a type of mushroom that grows on decaying wood, and also comes out in spring.

7 Feb 09 Bridgewood in the snow

There was about an inch of snow on the ground today. I took these pictures and a short video, and did some work tidying up from last time. The snow revealed a lot of small animal and bird tracks! [more...]

7 Dec 08 Clearing the Glade and a wood mouse

I had a trip to Bridgewood today and cleared the branches and tree trunks scattered across the southern half of the Glade, left over from felling trees. I also came across a wood mouse, dodging between some of the logs and managed to photograph it. [more...]

7 Apr 08 Pheasants, Photos and Plans

I went to the wood on Saturday and did some more work laying out woodland tracks (rides) and taking some photographs of signs of spring. I've also written a page describing outline plans for the wood and where I'm going with it. [more...]

21 Mar 08 Chains, felling and badgers

I made two trips to the wood this week: one on Sunday with popi to do some BDSM and one yesterday to begin establishing tracks. [more...]