January 2026

A Happy New Year to you all! And a frosty one on Banstead Downs, although by the time I got ...

At the same point that I had Roe Deer run across the track in front of me just three days ...

As the day-time temperatures since the snow four days ago have stayed only just above freezing, but with the wind-chill ...

Another cold day, but after some persisent rain in the past couple of days all the snow and ice is ...

After a second photo-less walk this year two days ago, but for another jelly fungus, today might have been the ...

Jelly-ear fungus and Hart's-tongue Fern were my reward for visiting the south-western corner of Banstead Downs this morning. My walk ...

Today was lichen day. Returning to the tree mentioned in my last post on which I found the Whitewash Lichen ...

After 3 days of rain during Storm Chandra the underfoot conditions on the paths on the Downs are extremely muddy ...

Another day, more fungi photos. I am reasonably confident of my ID for two of them, Hairy Bracket (Trametes hirsuta) ...

Got lucky and had a dry early afternoon walk (but that’s not underfoot) free from the unpredictable showers of today ...

A lovely sunny afternoon. The first thing that attracted my attention today was a foraging flock of Redwing (Turdus iliacus) ...