Blog - April 2008

Pond and Stream Dipping - Underwater Minibeasts

Pond and Stream Dipping – Underwater Minibeasts

by catherine, 25 April, 2008, 1 comments

Do We Need Any Special Equipment For Pond Dipping? No, everything you’ll need you’ll probably find around the house: Read more...

Bluebell Woods

by Michael, 18 April, 2008, 18 comments

One of the pleasures of working for Woodlands.co.uk is the opportunity to enjoy some really spectacular displays of bluebells at this time of year, for example Low Orltons Copse, Kilnfield Wood and Ball Wood in Sussex are beautiful now. (You can see some pictures of these woods in the South-East section of the website.) However, for those of us who aren’t lucky enough to own our own wood (yet!), the National Trust has selected 10 of its best bluebell woodlands Read more...

Wood Ants

by catherine, 18 April, 2008, 5 comments

You might barely notice it at your feet, but the wood ant is important. It is an “indicator species”, that is, their presence indicates healthy woodland. Read more...

Plants, Past & Present Part 2

Plants, Past & Present Part 2

by Chris, 4 April, 2008, 3 comments

Mapping our flora. In recent years, the BSBI and the (NERC) Centre for Hydrology and Ecology have been involved in major projects that have mapped our flora. A number of books and reports, for example :- New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora Change in the British Flora 1987 – 2004 http://www.summerfieldbooks.com/ShowDetails.asp?id=1023 contain the distillate of massive sampling and data recording exercises. Read more...

Grow Your Own Truffles

Grow Your Own Truffles

by catherine, 4 April, 2008, 103 comments

Usually one thinks of collecting truffles as a solitary activity carried out in secrecy at dead of night. However it is now possible to buy trees already inoculated with truffle spores. Read more...

Wild Flower Guide

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Read our guide to wild flowers of woodland and hedgerow

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