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Two different bracket fungi on fallen trees in the Northycote Farm woods.

These fungi developed after the trees fell, but the original fungal infection may have been responsible for the treesdemise.

A cluster of knobbly galls at the end of this twig on one of the oak trees in the wood at Northycote Farm, with the buds showing signs of beginning to open lower on the twig.

Bud on one of the beech trees in the wood at Northycote Farm. There had been little development since buds on the same tree had been pictured seven weeks earlier, thanks to the wintry spring/

The birds using the feeders at Northycote Farm aren’t disturbed much by the people visiting the site.

These tits were having their fill on the fat balls and peanuts on a weekend over the recent school holidays.

Siskin high in an alder tree by the stream at Northycote Farm, keeping an eye on its territory.

Two images of another of the farmyard creatures at Northycote recently.