Sue Whigham takes a stroll around her own garden to pick a few of her treasured plants.

We walked through one of The Woodland Trust’s small parcels of woodland early this morning for the usual dog walk only to hear the welcome sound of the cuckoo a few fields away for the seventh time in as many days. It’s probably the same male calling and what an evocative call he has.

Fungus on a chestnut stump

Fungus on a chestnut stump

Archangel

Archangel

Beesia calthifolia

Beesia calthifolia

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