The Hazel Tree

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  • Cockshut – lost in the shadows of twilight

    April 8, 2013 /

    The origin of 'cockshut', an age-old term for dusk, lies in the secretive habits of woodcock...

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  • Wood sorrel

    April 6, 2013 /

    This delicate little woodland dweller should soon be opening out its blooms in the spring sunshine.

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  • The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013 /

    The birch is the tree of love, fertility, new beginnings... and broomsticks

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"To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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