Thursday 31 May 2018

Spring in the woods

As Spring shifts to Summer, here's a few pics from the last couple of months. Spring started cold, and when it did warm up, everything happened in a hurry - we had a great display of Bluebells:

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We did of course have a good carpet of Wood Anemone first:

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And shady patches started to appear as the trees overhead came into leaf:

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The birds have been busy too, this nesting box we put up has been used:

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And right next to it another bird built a nest, under the edge of the roof of our firewood store:

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As well as the usual work of cutting logs ready for next winter, I also finally got round to winching out two nearly-dead coppice stumps that have always been in the way when turning the car and trailer round. It wasn't easy, but not a lot can resist a tirfor winch with a pulley and a mattock:

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With the holes now filled, getting in and out will be a lot easier:

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Now for a summer of camping trips! :-)

Mike

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