Overdue blog post for my own trips.

I am overdue for doing this blog, partly due to the exam I needed to do, and after that, I wanted to unwind after all that tense revision.

There was another field trip planned, but my tutor was ill, and I was promised there would be another, but I haven't had anything yet. Next week I'm going to the Lake District as part of our final trip. I probably will need the laptop with me, and I will stay there over the week.

Before I go, I have been to a couple of areas to record wildlife and I want to do one more before I arrive.


On the 28th of April, I went to another place I haven't been to before. The first thing was there were rabbit droppings around the area and we walked past horses in fields with electric fencing. That was when we walked into the woodlands which were covered with bluebells, lots and lots of bluebells.


 

The woods had Beech Trees, Birch trees and the occasional large Oaktree. What was interesting was a Beech tree that looked like it had three trunks growing in one place. This picture shows what I mean.


I also saw a Holly tree. I saw Ivy wrapped around a tree as well. But I didn't take a picture of it. I understand that Ivy is a problem to trees, that it leeches water and is an aggressive kind of weed, but it also has its benefits for wildlife. I guess there's a bit of a love/hate relationship with them.


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These are white Symphytum that look pretty next to stinging nettles. I also saw this tree that was really bendy. Was it a sweet chestnut tree? I need to double check.



My journey took me to a cross footpath where I turned left. Among the plants, I spotted were Bracken, Fox Glove, Primroses and a Willow tree that had a bird's nest. I couldn't get a clear picture of the nest but I heard the bird tweets.




At the near end, I spotted among the bluebells a white looking one, an Albino bluebell.


Tomorrow, I'll talk about the next trip to Singleton Lake which is a really large lake.



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