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Beautiful Beeches

11 Sunday Dec 2022

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autumn colour, autumn trees, beech woodland, Cwm George, winter woodland

I’ve shown you this beautiful location several times before – this is Cwm George, in the small south Wales town of Dinas Powys – but I simply can’t resist sharing this year’s late autumn splendour. I couldn’t decide which view I liked best, so I’ve included three images, each one zooming in to the scene a little further. I hope you have somewhere magical like this to enjoy, to wander through, to escape into.

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Homage to autumn

27 Sunday Nov 2022

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As today is the last Sunday of autumn  I thought I’d pull together a little video of this year’s display of trees and their leaves, from the brown and bland to the rosy red and spectacular. Come scuff some leaves with me …

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Frost and flowers

20 Sunday Nov 2022

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autumn colour, autumn wildflowers, British wildflowers, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, frost, frosty leaves

Yesterday saw our first real frost of the season, with the ground crunchy and vegetation covered in a sparkling layer of ice crystals.

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Despite these signs of the cooler weather to come, there were still plenty of wildflowers in bloom so, as I meandered up and down the east and west paddocks at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, I photographed those I found: Blue fleabane; Bramble; both Creeping and Meadow buttercups; the ubiquitous Daisy and Dandelion; one or two Devil’s-bit scabious and Flax flowers hanging on in the more sheltered spots; Wild carrot enjoying a second flowering; and Yellow-wort, whose little bursts of bright sunshine yellow dotted much of the west paddock.

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Flying autumn leaves

13 Sunday Nov 2022

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autumn, autumn colour, autumn leaves, falling leaves, flying leaves

‘Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar. Reflecting sunlight, they swirled and sailed and fluttered on the wind drafts.’ ~ from Where the crawdads sing, Delia Owens, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 2018

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A kaleidoscope of colourful fungi

04 Friday Nov 2022

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autumn colour, British fungi, British waxcaps, Russula, russula fungi, waxcap fungi, waxcaps

For Fungi Friday, here’s a selection of the colourful waxcap and russula fungi I’ve discovered during recent local meanders. Enjoy!

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Mid autumn bloomers

23 Sunday Oct 2022

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If proof were needed to confirm how mild this autumn has been so far then this is it: 48 species of wildflower still in bloom during this past week (and I know for certain that I’ve missed a few of the smaller ones I’ve seen during my wanders).

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Autumn crocus

16 Sunday Oct 2022

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autumn colour, Autumn crocus, autumn flowers, Colchium autumnale

I simply couldn’t resist the way the sunlight was illuminating these Autumn crocus flowers (Colchium autumnale). They looked almost translucent, ethereal, celestial, sublime.

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Seedheads: Ragwort

11 Sunday Sep 2022

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autumn colour, British wildflowers, Ragwort, Ragwort seedheads, seedheads, seeds

Over the summer, one of the local fields I regularly walk around was a sea of yellow, chock full of tall flowering Ragwort plants.

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Now that it’s autumn, the landscape has changed to a rich brown, dotted with tiny spots of white, the fluffy Ragwort seeds. It would be easy to overlook this brown field but, when you look closely, the seedheads are quite lovely.

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Hips, haws and berries

04 Sunday Sep 2022

Posted by sconzani in autumn, plants, trees

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autumn colour, autumn fruit, berries, fruits, haws, hips

As the days grow noticeably shorter and the leaves being to turn, bursts of colour adorn the trees, shrubs and hedgerows, and help to feed hungry critters, birds, insects … and, occasionally, me, if the blackberries look lush and bursting with flavour.

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Golden Ginkgos

28 Sunday Nov 2021

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autumn colour, autumn leaves, Ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, golden leaves, yellow autumn leaves

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I simply can’t resist it – the gorgeous golden glow of Ginkgos in the autumn. Such magnificent ancient trees!

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