Fabulous fungi walk today at #MereSandsWood #funghi #fungifriends #funghifriday

Chicken of the woods and super bright young beefsteak fungi, huge trees and views across the water, hedge woundwort, vibrant guelder rose berries, more fungi, gatekeeper butterfly, s juvenile robin and scabious flower.

#JoinMeOnMyWalk, a very colourful one at #MereSandsWood last Sunday, with champion #trees, 'sunset orange' beefsteak #fungi, vibrant berries, gatekeeper #butterfly and even a friendly young robin for company. @photohour.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

A huge beech, one of many at Mere Sands Wood

#ThickTrunkTuesday from #MereSandsWood last Sunday. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #trees #vitaminN #Lancashire

A gorgeous copse of multi stemmed trees creating great areas for wildlife

#ThickTrunkTuesday from #MereSandsWood last Sunday. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #trees #vitaminN #Lancashire

Top row; a pale russala, common earth balls, Middle; a sensational chicken of the woods that was paprika coloured, left hand shot was the underside Bottom row; incredible fresh beefsteak fungus that was 'sunset orange!'

#MushroomMonday Happy surprise to find such #mushroom colour yesterday; a pale russala, common earth balls, a sensational chicken of the woods that was paprika coloured plus incredible fresh beefsteak fungus that was 'sunset orange!' #fungi #MereSandsWood @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #vitaminN

Close up of beautiful hedge woundwort

Hedge woundwort

Hedge woundwort from #MereSandsWood today for this week's #Wildflowerhour #DeadnettleFamily @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN

Clockwise from top left; red bartsia, gorgeous guelder rose berries, burdock, pink brambles, fleabane, common vetch, purple loose strife.

#Wildflowerhour from #MereSandsWood today, red bartsia, gorgeous guelder rose berries, burdock, pink brambles, fleabane, common vetch, purple loose strife. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Huge dryads saddle and hoof fungus, green veined white, female orange tip and speckled wood butterflies, a red damselfly and wonderful trees, topped off with pretty reflections across the water

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Lovely walk at #MereSandsWood from Sunday, with huge #mushrooms, beautiful #butterflies, and beautiful line green of fresh leaves against the bluest of skies. @photohour.bsky.social #Lancashire @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #vitaminN #joy

Sunlight through a huge many trunked tree from the weekend

#ThickTrunkTuesday A many trunked version from #MereSandsWood. #trees #vitaminN #Lancashire @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Birch polypore looking like huge horse hooves running up this tree trunk

Dryad's saddle growing on a dead tree stump

A different view of the huge dryad's saddle

#MushroomMonday with some fabulous 'shrooms from #MereSandsWood, incredible birch polypores that were huge plus an LP sized dryads saddle, typically days after I said I hadn't seen any this year. #fungi @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #Lancashire

Top right female orange-tip showing her camouflage underwing, speckled wood below , then all the rest are green veined whites.

It's a #butterfly day! 🤩😍🎉🦋 Lovely wander at #MereSandsWood happy to see female orange tips, speckled wood butterfly by far the most numerous were green veined whites. @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #vitaminN #joy