CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

I've consulted several knowledgeable birders on Instagram and Threads, plus all the bird guides that I have, and I'm still not 100 p...

  We found these magnificent shaggy scalycaps Pholiota squarrosa growing around the base of a mature ash tree in Auckland park, Bishop Auck...

  Hornbeam Carpinus betulus has always been one of my favourite trees. It's native to southern England but widely planted up here in th...