The following is a collection of my days out in my local woods with Neil. We had a day focused on tracking and i had a day out with with my dog ben identifying a few wild plants.
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| Pine cones on the laft gnawed by a squirrel and on the right by wood mouse which has a much smoother appearance than that of the squirrel gnawed cone |
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| Bark stripped by deer |
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| Roe deer droppings 10-14mm long and 7-10mm wide |
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| A fairly old skull of a young roe deer you can see the Y shaped knitting of the skull with the two small antler buds clearly visible |
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| A fresh sparrow wing from a fresh kill |
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| And the culprit was good enough to leave us something to id the predator... |
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| .... which was of course a sparrowhawk its pellet 2-4 cm long and consisting of firmly matted small feathers |
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| Sparrow wing again |
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| More barking by deer in these next few photos and not to be confused with fraying. In barking the animal eats the bark leaving tooth marks, while fraying leaves scratches in bark and wood caused by the antlers |
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| Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus |
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| Ramsons Allium ursinum |
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| Lords and Ladies Arum maculatum |
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| Common Reedmace, Bulrush Typha latifolia |
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| Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica |
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| Unknown feel free to edit here |
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| Scarlet elf cup Sarcoscypha coccinea |
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| Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum |
David Kennedy
Excellent post Davy very interesting sign by the deer mate. Great photo of the arum !
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ReplyDeleteHey looking forward to meeting you blokes at the next meet. Great tracking knowledge on display there lads.
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Hi.
ReplyDeleteThe unknown seedling is showing its seedling leaves or seedling cotyledons. These are the leaves which first emerge from the seed and the final leaves may not be anything like that, confusing huh! Looks a bit like birch seed leaves but the little notch in the end threw me.
Great pictures Davy
ReplyDeleteWas a good few days out!
ReplyDeleteStill have to get to the factory guys if you are all still up for it, not this weekend but next?
Yes lets get that sorted asap!
ReplyDeletei am missing out on the factory visit. oh well another time
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