This amazing green wood stain is caused by Green Elf Cap fungi, Chlorociboria spp., and is one of the components of the famous intricate marquetry known as Tunbridge Ware.
Lots more information on Chlorociboria and Tunbridgeware on Tom Volk's page,
There is some incredibly rare Chalybeate wet woodland there with the iron staining the mud bright orange-red and the green Greater Tussock Sedge, standing bright green among the orange surrounds.
The ground flora in and around the muddy pools is springing into emerald life:
This dead hedge helps with health and safety, and also reduces the risk of dogs entering the water, which could cause a lot of ecological damage, as well as risking the dog itself becoming at the least very dirty and stinky!
The RSPB have some really good interpretation signs, informative with great visuals:
This log-pile is on one of the smaller heathy patches near the car-park with refuge patches close by - unfortunately clear of adders when we checked this morning!
Lots more information on Chlorociboria and Tunbridgeware on Tom Volk's page,
There is some incredibly rare Chalybeate wet woodland there with the iron staining the mud bright orange-red and the green Greater Tussock Sedge, standing bright green among the orange surrounds.
The ground flora in and around the muddy pools is springing into emerald life:
This dead hedge helps with health and safety, and also reduces the risk of dogs entering the water, which could cause a lot of ecological damage, as well as risking the dog itself becoming at the least very dirty and stinky!
The RSPB have some really good interpretation signs, informative with great visuals:
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