Photos
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Purple toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) April 2007
The seven majestic sweet chestnuts supposedly planted by John Evelyn 350 years ago
We're not known for bluebells, but we do have a few....
Very much enlarged picture of Great Spotted Woodpecker at the top of one of the Spanish chestnut. What a neat row of holes he has drilled.
Foxgloves on Daffodil Bank, June 2008
Autumn Crocus on drive by South Lodge, October 2008
Male Orange-tip in the walled garden
Harpocera thoracica in the cellar. The adult only survives for about a month.
Lily beetle on our Martagon Lily in the walled garden
Dog's-tooth violet by the Spanish chestnuts
The ruins of the filmy fern cave
John Wileman and Mick Hedges having fun in North Pond
Robin on Daffodil Bank in December watching us work!
Grumpy-looking back end of (probably) an Oak Eggar moth. The eyes of course are a decoy.
Bombylius major. Actually a fly, not a bee. The long proboscis is harmless.
This Town-Hall Clock (Adoxa moschatellina) looks like a tiny town hall clock, only a few millimetres across, when in flower
Flower on Butcher's Broom. The 'leaf' is actually a sort of flattened stem.
Female Orange-Tip
Underside of Orange-tip wing
White primrose in the cold frames
