by Steve | Apr 5, 2018 | Flora, Insects, Moths, Spiders, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 5 April, 2018 A wet day in Wyre Yesterday Wyre Forest Study Group members braved the cold rain and ventured out into Earnwood Copse, following an ancient sunken track down through the woodland. 2 micromoths Diurnea fagella were spotted on tree...
by Steve | Mar 28, 2018 | Flora, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 28 January, 2018 Spurge Laurel Daphne laureola This small fragile evergreen shrub (not often higher than 40cms) grows wild in just a few of our hedgerows and woods around Wyre where the soil it isn’t too acidic. It is flowering now and is...
by Steve | Mar 19, 2018 | Fungi, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 19 March, 2018 Elfcup (Sarcoscypha sp.) Elfcups are spring cup fungi that brighten our late winter woodland floor with their attractive fruiting bodies. They grow, often in troops, on rotten fallen twigs of broad-leaved trees. Previously...
by Steve | Feb 9, 2018 | Flora, Forest, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 9 February, 2018 Signs of Spring! On a Wyre Forest Study Group walk along Dowles this week there were many signs of spring in spite of the cold temperatures. Wild Arum (Arum maculatum) and Bluebell leaves were pushing up through the leaf...
by Steve | Sep 30, 2017 | Fungi, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 30 September, 2017 Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) Autumn is here. Trees are colouring and their leaves beginning to fall, the Fallow deer rut has begun in the Forest, and toadstools are appearing in good numbers. Fly Agarics are splendid if you...
by Steve | Sep 14, 2017 | Galls, Insects, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 14 September, 2017 Spangle galls and Cherry galls Autumn is a good time to look for plant galls in Wyre. The ball-shaped Cherry Galls are induced by the gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii and those of the Common Spangle Galls by another gall wasp...