Taking advantage of Saturday's sunshine, Tom took a trip to Chobham Common:
A spectacular day with highlights of juvenile green woodpecker in a nest-hole, my first British grass-snake as well as silver-studded blues, marsh clubmoss and a variety of dragonflies and damselflies (that all deserve posts of their own).
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| Broad-leaved helleborine in bud at Longcross. |
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| Broad-leaved helleborine in bud at Longcross. |
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| The recovery from last summer's fires- the landscape is dominated by liverworts, algae, fungi and the first plants, mainly grasses and bracken, and small birch seedlings. |
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| Liverworts. |
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| Swimming grass snake. |
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| Swimming grass snake. |
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| Grass snake. Later on in the day I also had a nice view of an adder, as well as plenty of common lizards. |
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| Sharp-tailed bee sp. and four banded longhorn beetle. |
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| The first bog asphodel (with bumblebee). |
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| Green woodpecker juvenile in nest hole. |
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| Potential heath spotted x southern marsh orchid hybrid (Dactylorhiza x hallii) with hybrid vigour. Common spotted-orchid and heath spotted where also on the reserve. |
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| A rather large female toad in the path. |
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