Dear Diary,
Yesterday, we visited the woods and went for a walk. On the walk, we noticed the new growth on the yew tree because it was brighter than the rest. A few minutes later, we noticed the hazel had buds. This made me remember that roughly one month was left until spring. The thought made we get excited because the plants would be blooming soon.
When we were nearly at the bottom of the hill, we checked on the badger sett and found that it was now an earth. Since we have now seen badger and fox prints at the sett, I wonder, do the badgers share the sett with the foxes? A few moments later, we came to an area that was like a bird city because it was covered in bird poo! In Bird City, we found a bluebell bud; I wonder how long it will take for the bell to start ringing.
After we got past the pond, I found some living and dead bracken. We found buds on beech trees at the clearing. The polypore’s tree has now fallen over and is growing a second polypore. Polypore are also—oh right, I’ve got to continue. Anyway, at the entrance to Moss Country, we found some brown fungi with yellowish gills on a dead tree; there were woodpecker holes on the other side, which is really exciting. On our way back up to camp, we found some semi-circular mould on a log and some jelly fungi on another.
At camp, we discovered that Dad had found a hawthorn shield bug, with a brown V-shape on its back. Our next discovery was a hibernating three-spotted ladybird. These ladybirds are native unlike the harlequin ladybirds, which are killing all the native ones. Finally, Mum found some hazel catkins.
I really enjoyed the day, but I was happy to have a rest.