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Friday, 6 March 2026

Poplars and Their Parasites

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Mistletoe Viscum album (Fr. Gui) on Poplar. One day driving to the supermarket I noticed that there was a magnicent Hoof Fungus Fomes fomen...
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Thursday, 5 March 2026

From There to Here - Preuilly

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I was bouncing around the internet last weekend -as you do - and found this photo of Preuilly, taken in about 1912. I spent age looking in t...
Wednesday, 4 March 2026

The Dogs of Loches

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   Spot the dogs. If you visit the Logis Royal, the royal hunting lodge and residence of mistresses and queens, on the Royal Citadel in Loch...
Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Beware of Processional Caterpillars

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Ever noticed that some pine trees have sacks made of what looks like spiderweb up high in the tree? These are the communal nests of the noto...
Monday, 2 March 2026

Hachis Parmentier

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Just out of the oven, made in one of those big paté dishes that the charcutiers give away once the contents have been sold. Hachis parmenti...
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Friday, 27 February 2026

Birch Polypore

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A very typical looking Birch Polypore conk photographed a few days ago in the Forest of Preuilly. Birch Polypore Fomitopsis betulina (Fr. P...
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