The facility has been really busy of late, and it was great to welcome The 3rd Tonbridge Scouts to the range recently for an evening session. The young people had not been tomahawk throwing before so the team enjoyed introducing the throwing techniques, before playing...
Some more pictures from the latest American Native Indian Braves training day, with beavers from the 8th (Hildenborough) a couple of weekends back. Thanks to Lorna for assisting with their training!
Last week the cubs from the 6th Tonbridge pack had their meeting at the wood. The young people split into two groups, alternating between planting some trees alongside the access track and having some fun in the range with tomahawks. Thanks for you help with...
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
An unexpected species to spot at the wood, as not really a wetland environment, we spotted a male and female pair of these dabbling ducks, just the other side of our boundary in Clarence Wood on a small natural...
Last weekend saw a visit from the 8th (Hildenborough) beavers, who took part in the Native American Indian Braves training activity- some tracking through the woods following a trail and of cause some tomahawk throwing!
It’s that time of year again, and we can’t help but put a post up about the bluebells!
Bumblebee (bombus sp)
It’s getting to that time of year again, the days are getting longer and warmer, and the woods are awakening. We have already spotted some frogspawn in the waterways, so it was no surprise to hear the familiar...
Last week the 6th Tonbridge Cubs booked the wood in order to run an Easter Egg hunt for their young people. We really like this idea, it certainly looks like the cubs did too!
A big thank you to Tonbridge Guides for the donation of these two bbqs. We have plans to install a cooking area near the fire area. These grills will be ideal for a quick sausage sizzle or those occasions when there isn’t time to light...
What a beautiful day to be in the wood! The team spent the day catching up on some maintenance jobs, having a bit of a spring clean and a tidy up.
Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
Frequent in Southern Britain, this saprophytic mushroom is often seen between July and November. We spotted these all over the woods, near the range and the central clearing. This mushroom is found growing singularly as well as...
This weekend saw scouts from the 1st Tonbridge at Cart wood. The young people hiked from South Tonbridge to the facility before setting up camp and staying the night. Great to have young people camping again!
Ascocoryne cylichnium
Our eye was drawn to this pinkish purple jelly fungus growing on a rotting silver birch stump. More subtle than many of our other fungi finds this small fungi has no common name. ‘Fairly common and widespread throughout Britain...
Conifer Turf (Hypholoma capnoides)
We posted previously about Sulphur Tuft, a poisonous saprophytic mushroom, growing on deadwood found at the wood. Since this discovery we spotted these beautiful mushrooms growing on a pine on the boundary with Wagon wood, and assumed it...
Fairy Inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus)
A common saprophytic mushroom in the uk, which is found world over (Europe, North/South America, Asia and Australia). Also known as trooping ink caps, trooping crumble cap, Inkycaps or fairy bonnets, these mushrooms are always found in large...
Golden Waxcup (Hygrocybe chlorophana)
This small but brightly coloured mushroom was spotted in the top clearing, and is often found in meadows, grasslands, lawns and woodland edges. ‘Its cap is approximately 4cm in diameter, a deep yellow to pale orange in colour’...
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
We have posted quite a lot recently about saprophytic fungi, as there are lots at the wood ‘Only a very small proportion of the thousands of species of fungi in the world can cause disease in plants or...
Clouded Agaric (Clitocybe nebularis)
This large fleshy mushroom is popping up all over the place at the moment as we move into winter, so we were not surprised to spot it at the woods. ‘Very common throughout Britain and Ireland, the Clouded...
Last Saturday saw a visit to the wood from the 8th Tonbridge (Hildenborough) Scouts. The Scouts took part in an introductory session of hawk throwing in the range, followed by building fires and cooking Bannock bread (which we can personally recommend as it was really...
