Dampness

With all the rain we get it is of little wonder that mosses and lichen grows abundantly around here. I see stuff like this on all my walks, I always have. Now that I have a camera this growths have become of great interest. I still do not know all there names... but for this post I show them for their looks only. Strange but beautiful I think.

Twice As Nice, With Ice

Nice Ice

Ice and Wind Sculpture

Lichen Glacier

Sloe Blossom On The Rocks

Polystyrene Iceberg

Tree of a kind

This tree belongs to a Snow Fairy who lives in between the twisted branches... how do I know this you may be asking... well a little bird told me.

This Lichen as really got an hold of this branch, covering the bark with all this weird growth. I have to admit for finding great beauty in this.

This old Silver Birch tree is the perfect host for Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, I showed this to Tom who took one look and said... "It's a Sheep's Head", and he thought it was just me that saw weird stuff.

A Liking To Lichen

Lichen is something I'd not given much time to, I would see it and think it looked O.K. but since I got the camera I have got a liking for it. The different colours, shapes and form. I tried reading up on it but it is a specailist subject... so I'll stick to taking picture of the stuff and enjoy them.

Fungi, Lichen, and Moss

2 Kinds Of Bracket Fungi

2 Kinds Of Lichen Found On Trees

2 Mosses

All these were took on the same day in a very small woodland.. just up the road from the estate where yesterdays Red Fox was seen. This a damp area, close by a reservoir surrounded be high moorlands. A great place for a walk and plenty to see even on cold wet days.

My new Header above shows on the right a King Fisher flying right at the camera, this picture was also taken that day... a great walk for sure.