The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Cherry galls on oak leaves

    November 18, 2013 /

    Look at this beautiful little orb on an oak leaf! Intriguing but certainly not innocent, it's caused by a tiny wasp - one that knows how to ride the gravy train!

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    Looking for catkins at Ballachuan

    January 22, 2023

    In a nutshell: the daisy or ‘day’s eye’

    May 31, 2014

    A December walk through Ballachuan hazel wood

    December 7, 2020
  • The Dark Green Fritillary

    November 5, 2013 /

    This lovely butterfly was seen dancing around the wild flowers on the island of Lismore in August.

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    A writing update

    July 12, 2024

    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021

    Lady’s smock

    June 2, 2013
  • A festival of fungi

    November 2, 2013 /

    Encouraged by the damp autumn, these weird and wonderful fungi are having a ball in the woodlands at the moment!

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    Common butterwort

    July 9, 2012

    From the River Awe to Loch Etive

    November 21, 2025

    The bridge of the fairy foxgloves

    June 8, 2013
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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