What is it ... purple under the poplars? A mass of flowers amongst last year’s fallen leaves. It is the Purple Toothwort ( Lathraea cla...

Now the Pine processionaries ( Thaumetopoea pytiocampa ) get wanderlust. They leave the cotton candy, high up in a pine tree, where they ha...

We need some spring ... ... and here's the Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) !

Today I found at the roadside enough of greens to fill a small salad bowl. It was Corn Salad ( Valerianella locusta ), the wild cousin of t...

The lichens below are alliances between two very different organisms, fungi and green algae. The fungus collects water and minerals for bot...

Temperatures are just above zero, but since last week the first Hazels (Corylus avellana) are in flower. The bushes got a light yellow hue...

It’s the winter sun that gives the branches of the Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) their colour. A red pigment, anthocyanin, is formed un...