On Sunday last (October 17th) I visited Knocksink Nature Reserve near Enniskerry in Co. Wicklow. Now is the best time to get out and collect seeds and as Autumn is coming late this year there are loads of leaves still on the trees but with shades of yellow, brown and red to mix the colours.
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It’s been the coldest winter since the sixties here in Ireland and the only forest I’ve visited in 5 months was in December just before Christmas. I would have loved to get out and get some photos of snow covered forests but there was no guarantee of being able to get back home the conditions [...]
I happened to be in Kerry for the Halloween weekend, so I took the opportunity to visit Killarney National Park. I was told about some native oak forests in Derrycunihy which is near the well known viewing point called “Ladies View” Which got it’s name after a visit from Queen Victoria’s ladies in waiting in 1861.
On bank holiday Monday October 26th I went for a short walk to get out of the house. I was accompanied by my better half who knows a good deal more about trees and plants than I do. We spotted a good range of species about. During the trip we spotted Scots Pine, Black Pine, [...]