Jay near the bridleway that runs through Ashenground Wood and alongside Bolnore Village
Men hard at work along railway path during a task day
Marsh marigolds
Wild Primroses
Wood anemones
Early Bluebells
Daffodils growing in one of the clearings
The first bluebell of 2012 (taken in Ashenground Wood on 24.3.12)
Wood Anemones with Daffodils
Winter Snow in Ashenground Wood
The Yellow Perils enjoy a hot cuppa
Wild Bunny - not for a cage or the pot!
Catts Wood - volunteers from Woodland Products using some of the coppiced wood to make Chainsaw Sculptures
Perches in the big glade - made on a task day using oak (for top) and chestnut (for legs) from our woods
The Musk Mallow were extra special this year (2011)
Even the youngest participants enjoyed looking closely at the tiny creatures they found
Martin Hall, entomologist, looks at some of the children's finds on the bug hunt
Filling in the bug hunt survey
Capturing bugs with upside down umbrellas
Adults and children alike enjoyed finding out how many bugs there were in the woods and meadows
A newt found on the bug hunt - like all other tiny creatures found it was released where it was found
Searching the woodland floor for tiny creatures
Findings on the bug hunt were written down by participants to be used as part of the Natural History Museum's national bug survey.
Martin Hall, entomologist from the Natural History Museum, led our bug hunt. The children were all given collecting pots - with all creatures found being released once identified. Martin will use the results to help in the museum's national bug survey.
Martin Hall idetifies bugs collected on the bug hunt
Buiding new seats from wood collected from the woods themselves
The magnificent new Gate at the bridge entrance to Ashenground Wood
Oxeye Daisy
Spring Flower Walk on Easter Monday afternoon
Early Morning Bird Walk led by Phil Clay on East Monday
Bluebells alongside the bridleway on 8th April 2011
One of the partcipants on our New Year walk!
Very heavy snow at the entrance to Ashenground Wood
The upgrading of the bridleway gets underway
Railway Path
One of the boxes used to collect and examine bugs
Some participants were given special nets to collect bugs from the meadow grass
Some participants were given umbrellas as beating sticks to help collect bugs from bushes
Thermal imaging helps detect bugs in the 'crime scene'
Dr. Martin Hall starts the bug hunt with a forensic examination of a 'crime scene'
An orchid in Ashenground Wood
Bluebells on show in one of the clearings
The familiar robin
Common Blue butterfly
Large White butterfly
Gatekeeper butterfly
Meadow Brown butterfly
Female Common Blue butterfly
Wilflower Meadow along Railway Path
Roesel's grasshopper
Frog in the Meadows - seen on the Bug Hunt July 2009
Grass snake
Soldier beetle
Bug Hunt July 2009 - led by Dr. Martin Hall
Musk Mallow
Purple Vetch
Pink Common Centaury
Meadow Brown
Self-heal
Common Spotted Orchid
Bluebell along Railway Path
Large White Butterfly (male)
Bluebells in Bolnore Wood
Entrance to Bolnore Wood
Yellow Dead Nettle Flowers and Bluebells in Ashenground Wood
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Marsh Marigolds in Ashenground Wood
Rabbit close to the school site on the western edge of Ashenground Wood
Broom along Railway Path
Wild Daffoldils (back lit by the spring sunshine) in Ashenground Wood
Coppicing work in Ashenground Wood in February 09
New Ash Shoots in the clearing
'Tepee' created to protect new hazel growth from deer
Bat wing
Brown long-eared bat
Bat Event - Jenny Clark of the Sussex Bat Hospital gave an interesting talk and brought some bats to show us
Ground Beetles - The male on top is a Pterostichus madidus - The female underneath the male is pregnant but this does not stop the male mating with her!
Black Ground Beetles
Violet ground beetle
Meadow Grasshopper
Cricket
Soldier beetle (out of focus!) - Rhagonycha fulva
Cream-spot ladybird
Dr. Martin Hall of the Natural History Museum leads the Bug Hunt held in August 08
Tormentil
Early blackberries in Pierce's wood
Sawdust effect - this appears to be from the lichen or fungi that was on the logs in the glade in Ashenground Wood
Guelda Rose (viburnum opulus)
Evening primrose
Tansy
Burdock
Ragwort - friend or foe?
Bird's foot trefoil
Knapweed
Broom seed pod
Bramble
Rosebay willow herb
Flesh fly (sarcophaga carnaria)
Great Willow Herb
Red campion
Herb robert
Bramble (in the background - self-heal)
Self-heal and Tormentil
Ragwort - poisonous to horses and deer.
Thistle
Summer Picnic June 2008
Naturally coppiced hazel in Pierce's wood
The first of a few steps in Pierce's wood
The Early Morning Bird Watchers - Brian Pennock, our leader, is third from the right
A contended wood dove
A charming dog rose
The Early Morning Bird Watchers in action
A lone bluebell plant on the cleared railway path. Next year there will hopefully be many more woodland plants taking advantage of the light.
Bluebells alongside the cleared railway path
The improved Railway path. Although more vegetation was cleared than we would have liked, access is now easier and safer, particularly for those with pushchairs and young children.
A fence becomes a bridge across one of the ponds in the Bolnore and Catts wood area
Four times a year, a photographic survey will be undertkan in the woods by James Elton and Janice Tipping. Photos will be taken from a total of 26 points, with 60 photos being taken during each survey. The aim is to monitor changes over time.
Easter Day snow sparkles on Wood Anemones
Ash twig with distinctive black buds
Ash stool
Fungi in January 08
Some of the results of a litter pick on 2nd January 2008!
Squirrel - friend or foe for the woods?
A Walk up the old Bridleway
Working in Catts Wood
Path through Catts Wood
Comletion of Dead Hedge
Creating a Dead Hedge in Ashenground Wood
Another Insect Walk led by Dr. Martin Hall
Winter Walk in Ashenground Wood led by Ranger
Conservation Work in Catts Wood
Fungus Foray led by Peter Russell
Four Acre Wood
Insect Hunt with Dr. Martin Hall of the Natural History Museum - July 06
Paths Work in Pierce's Wood
Many hands and wheelbarrows helped with work on the railway path in Ashenground Wood
