THE WILD WOOD

Here at The Nook we have tried to recreate a small area of native woodland and we do have most of the native common wild flowers.

Today, Saturday, we went to Sea Wood, managed by the Woodland Trust, and experienced a true wood in spring. 

There are well trodden ways through the trees but this means the rest of the wood is left to nature. Some of the trees are old and gnarled.

The place is full of wild flowers -

Primroses

 Lesser celandine

Dandelions and Wild Garlic or Ramsons,

The wood anemones formed extensive carpets and there were some pink variations. Even in the limestone rocks and boulders there is new life - here a small seedling tree. Jays and woodpeckers flew between the greenery, there were wood mice holes in banks and bumble bees competing with the calls of birds we could not identify. We love the spring.

Mind you the ash and sycamore seedlings are a pest in the garden and I have to yank them out incessantly. There were swathes of bluebells but they will need another week or so before they attain their peak like these from last year at Muncaster Castle.