Delighted to find White Saddle (Helvella crispa) in The Kings Forest at West Stow last weekend.

Here's a thread with some other fungi found there.
#MyWalk #WhiteSaddle #Helvellacrispa #elfinsaddle #mushrooms #fungi #fungus #FungusFriday #WestStow #KingsForest #WestSuffolk

1/20

As we listened to a crooning Turtle Dove in the Kings Forest, we were watched by a Fallow Deer in the light of the deliciously warm evening, sheltered from the breeze.
#KingsForest #Suffolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #30dayswild #Fallowdeer #TurtleDove 10/10

On the new #ChalkGrassland Kidney Vetch (not seen at established Chalk Grassland to E) plus Hop trefoil (Trifolium campestre) & White Clover Trifolium repens. Plenty of Woodlarks.
#KingsForest #Suffolk @Britnatureguide #Wildflowerhour #30dayswild 9/10

The #KingsForest block by Brettenham Heath, recently cleared/scraped now lovely #chalkgrassland; has all plants seen above (except Quaking Grass & Purging Flax) + Common Rock-rose, Yellow Rattle, Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus) & Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum) 8/10

A Curlew was calling from Berner's Heath (viewed from the fence line), with a pair of Hobbies making appearances. On the #KingsForest rides, Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) flowering prettily & some magnificent stands of Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). @Britnatureguide 7/10

Ragwort on the rides in #KingsForest having a hard time with Cinnabar Moth caterpillars. Sticky Groundsel (Senecio viscosus) in full bloom but not yet the Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia). Plenty of Small Heaths and Tree Pipits & Willow Warblers in full song @Britnatureguide 6/10

Blissful #Breckland #chalkgrassland in the #Kingsforest with Burnet-saxifrage (not in flower), Hairy Rock-cress (Arabis hirsuta), Common Birdsfoot Trefoil with plenty of Small Skippers (Thymelicus sylvestris) on the wing
#Suffolk @Britnatureguide #Wildflowerhour #30dayswild 5/10

My favourite part of the #KingsForest is the chalk grassland ride W of North Stow, with Purple Milk-vetch (Astralagus danicus), here visited by Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle (Pseudovadonia livida) & Quaking Grass but the Purging Flax is afflicted by a rust.

@Britnatureguide
4/10

Along the rides in The Kings Forest, Common Cudweed (Filago vulgaris), Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) & many Odonata including Emperor Dragonfly, Southern Hawker & Common Blue Damselfly.

#KingsForest #Suffolk #wildflowerhour #brecks #thebrecks @Britnatureguide #30dayswild
3/10

Simply cannot have too much Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) - such a great joy in summer Breckland, Weld (Reseda luteola) a perfect partner for it.

North Stow #KingsForest #Suffolk #VipersBugloss #wildflowerhour #brecks #thebrecks #Breckland @Britnatureguide #30dayswild
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