Ashington Community Woods
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This page is to share events, activities and information, pictures of the wildlife and plant life, and to encourage discussion and awareness of the woods
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facebook.comStairway to heaven. Found some adventurous fungi climbing its way up a tree, its was a fantastic sight to see.
If you've been in the woods recently you may have noticed these curious little things on all the Oak leaves. I have found out that they are the Common Spangle Gall created by the Cynipid wasp, these are not invasive to the Oak tree and are symbiotic. The spangle galls are part of an incredible process of reproduction, and another great sign of life in the woods.
What a fantastic turn out to the Halloween event today at Ashington community woods, lots of happy faces and some spooky ones too! hope you have all had a great time, I know I did.
This is a great event for all the family, why not come along and carve a pumpkin by the campfire, and delight in a spooky woodland walk.
I found a metropolis of Sulphur Tuft mushrooms making perfect use of a dead tree stump, love seeing life in action at Ashington Community Woods.
This rosy shrub is bringing some beautiful autumn colour to the woods. The Guelder Rose or snowball tree is full of lush red berries. I wouldn't recommend eating the berries raw (that's for the birds) but with the right skills and knowledge they can be made into a lovely cranberry jam.
More fabulous Fungi, here we have The Common Puffball also know as The Devils Snuff-Box, I think these are just fascinating and I wonder how they got the unusual name.
A bugs eye view, as you can see Autumn is in full swing.
An almost complete fairy circle, a lovely sight at Ashington Community Woods
The forest is alive with fungi and its fabulous, I just love seeing these Red Caps they are so vibrant, I often chuckle when I see little teeth marks in the mushrooms, the deer and rabbits in the woods enjoy munching on these with out ill effect, however please be careful as these are not for human consumption and are very poisonous.
Life comes in all shapes and sizes, found this adorably sized family of fungi and couldn't help take a snap.
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