The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • The Fortingall Yew: symbol of eternity

    March 26, 2014 /

    This yew tree in a Perthshire churchyard may be 5,000 years old: it's astounding to think how much human history it has witnessed in its lifetime.

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    Morvern: black rocks and white water

    October 27, 2022

    A walk to Barnakill

    October 9, 2021

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022
  • The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014 /

    In March, the sweet yellow heads of primroses start to appear in the hedgerows. As one of the first signs of spring, they make a heartwarming sight!

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    The Dark Green Fritillary

    November 5, 2013

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    Ballachuan hazel wood

    May 11, 2016
  • The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014 /

    Continuing my series on British trees, we're heading up into the Highlands to stand beneath a beautiful Scots pine...

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    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015
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