Nature Update (#359 - 381)

359. Conker case on the winding path. (10/OCT/2013)

360. The winding path is covered in conkers and their cases. Johnston House in the background. (11/OCT/2013)

361. Conkers along the winding path. Johnston Building in the background. (11/OCT/2013)

362. Some of the many conkers found in the winding path. (11/OCT/2013)

363. Some of the many conkers found on the winding path. (11/OCT/2013)

364. Inside a freshly opened conker case. (11/OCT/2013)

365. The OLRC staff car park is covered with hundreds of acorns from the twisted oak tree. (11/OCT/2013)

366. The twisted oak tree in the OLRC staff car park. Alan Geale House in the background. (11/OCT/2013)

367. Blusher mushroom (Amanita rubescens) on the green behind the cottages and in front of Archibald House. (10/OCT/2013)

368. Blusher mushroom (Amanita rubescens) on the green behind the cottages and in front of Archibald House. (10/OCT/2013)

369. Blusher mushroom (Amanita rubescens) on the green behind the cottages and in front of Archibald House. (10/OCT/2013)

370. Blusher mushroom (Amanita rubescens) on the green behind the cottages and in front of Archibald House. (10/OCT/2013)

371. Blusher mushroom (Amanita rubescens) on the green behind the cottages and in front of Archibald House. (10/OCT/2013)

372. Blusher mushroom (Amanita rubescens) on the green behind the cottages and in front of Archibald House. (10/OCT/2013)

373. "Laughing Jim" / "Rustgill" (Gymnopilus junonius) mushrooms growing on a hawthorn tree in front of the cleaners' lodge. (11/OCT/2013)

374. "Laughing Jim" / "Rustgill" (Gymnopilus junonius) mushrooms growing on a hawthorn tree in front of the cleaners' lodge. (11/OCT/2013)

375. "Laughing Jim" / "Rustgill" (Gymnopilus junonius) mushrooms growing on a hawthorn tree in front of the cleaners' lodge. (11/OCT/2013)

376. "Laughing Jim" / "Rustgill" (Gymnopilus junonius) mushrooms growing on a hawthorn tree in front of the cleaners' lodge. (11/OCT/2013)

377. Pine cones in the close. (11/OCT/2013)

378. The winding path. Wild roses, the twisted Oak tree and one of the Horse Chestnut trees on the left. The OLRC in the background. (11/OCT/2013)

379. The twisted path. Two of the Horse Chestnut trees on the bend, the twisted Oak on the right, Alan Geale House on the left. Rose of Sharon (Hypericum calycinum) foreground right. (11/OCT/2013) 

 380. Rose of Sharon (Hypericum calycinum) growing on the twisted path. (11/OCT/2013) 

381. Rose of Sharon (Hypericum calycinum) growing on the twisted path. (11/OCT/2013)