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The holly bears a berry…

Posted on December 23, 2019December 19, 2019 by Carolyn
Holly twig with berries

A woodland wander in early December took me past the Comar Wood holly tree, which seemed to make a good topic for a Yuletide blog post – so here it is. As far as I am aware, there is only one holly tree in our wood. It’s on a steep hillside amongst birch trees in […]

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November

Posted on December 4, 2019December 3, 2019 by Carolyn
Frost highlights spider web in winter woodland

I find the month of November a very satisfying time of year to be in the woods. During the November that has just ended I have been trying to think exactly why this is. It has something to do with the sense of withdrawal and dormancy, plants and animals retracting for the winter. The visible […]

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