sleepy aconites
We found this small patch of winter aconites today, they were either still asleep or just past their best - my hooman thought they were celandines but look!
We actually did see those too BOL
Anyywayys we heard another woodpecker today and as this one pecked on a tree, you could hear a rival tapping back!!!
We also came across this weird looking thing which we'd seen before but we thought we'd share,
This is a rather old robin's pincushion, found on a wild rose and caused by the larvae of a tiny gall wasp, Dipoloepis rosae. They feed on the host plant through the winter, emerging in the spring.
The oak that was felled last week was similarly affected by a gall wasp which created acorns looking like this (this is either from the same oak or one a few fields further up) and dates from 2013
Thanks Lou eee. We learn something new every day!
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