All Blog Posts Tagged 'trees' (24)

Amber Nectar - Oak Bracket Returns to Clissold after 8 year Absence

It was wonderful to find my old friend Inonotus dryadeus (also known as Oak Bracket) back in Clissold on Monday. Calling a bracket fungus a friend may seem a bit weird but having not seen this amber beauty for 8 years it was joyous to rediscover it on the same veteran plum tree where it fruited in 2008. Surely knowing an organism as beautiful as this for 8…

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Added by Russell Miller on June 10, 2016 at 14:30 — No Comments

went DOWN TO THE deadWOOD TODAY

If you know what you are looking for it's not that hard to demonstrate the vital importance of deadwood in parks.

10 minutes at a horse chestnut stump in CLissold Park this afternoon revealled 2 new nationally scarce species for the park:

  • a fungus beetle called Hallomenus binotatus Nationally Scarce…
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Added by Russell Miller on May 22, 2016 at 20:30 — No Comments

Cobalt Crust fungus, winter blues never looked so good

Stunning Cobalt Crust fungus at Abney Park nature reserve. Previously seen in Wick…

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Added by Russell Miller on February 8, 2016 at 13:30 — No Comments

Listen to the Trees - Act Now on Climate Change

Blireana plum (Prunus × blireana) on Shakspeare Walk in full flower yesterday (8 JANUARY 2016).…

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Added by Russell Miller on January 9, 2016 at 17:00 — No Comments

Spring Hill Orchard - TM Mega Bramble Bash

Spring Hill Orchard

TM Mega Bramble Bash

The orchard at Spring Hill was planted by TMs and others…

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Added by Russell Miller on October 12, 2015 at 10:27 — 1 Comment

Abney Biodiversity and Hackney Bees

Species Lists

Below are links to simple species lists for species recorded at Abney Park Nature Reserve and a general species list for Hackney bees.

Abney Park Invertebrates…

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Added by Russell Miller on April 16, 2015 at 11:00 — No Comments

Tree Assassination Attempt Foiled by Tree Musketeer

Tree Assassination Attempt

Foiled by Tree Musketeer…

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Added by Russell Miller on March 26, 2015 at 12:30 — No Comments

Prunus Okame - the best early flowering tree for bees in London?

Prunus Okame

the best early flowering tree for bees in…

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Added by Russell Miller on March 13, 2015 at 13:00 — No Comments

Spring Be – Enjoy the Beauty

Spring Be – Enjoy the Beauty

Queen Buff-Tail Bumblebee (…

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Added by Russell Miller on March 6, 2015 at 21:30 — No Comments

This winter with the Tree Musketeers

Musketeering – join in the sanity

Another world is not only possible, it exists right now, right here. People helping each other and the planet with no need for pointless, disposable commodities; no fear to engender

deference to…

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Added by Russell Miller on January 20, 2015 at 17:00 — No Comments

Object NOW to Sainsbury's Wilmer Place Planning Application 2013/1583

To object on line now takes only seconds but every extra objection is a vote for Abney's wildlife.

The new planning application is almost identical to the last but they have moved back another 1m from Abney. This is far too little and all the…

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Added by Russell Miller on June 13, 2013 at 12:56 — No Comments

Objection to Wilmer Place Planning Application 2013/1583

Objection to

Wilmer Place Planning Application 2013/1583…

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Added by Russell Miller on June 12, 2013 at 22:30 — No Comments

Sainsbury's Planning Decision - Will they Appeal?

Abney Biodiversity Defeats Sainsburys - Will They Appeal?

The formal decision of the planning sub-committee which rejected the Wilmer Place Sainsbury's has been published on the LBH website.  As expected it…

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Added by Russell Miller on April 17, 2013 at 13:30 — 1 Comment

Abney Woodland Edge Saved

Abney Woodland Edge Saved

the corporate propaganda machine fails…

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Added by Russell Miller on April 4, 2013 at 10:00 — 5 Comments

Sainsbury's Threat to Abney - ACT NOW!

OBJECT TODAY - ON LINE NOW

The Wilmer Place Sainsbury's and residential development abutting Abney's eastern boundary is back before LBH…

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Added by Russell Miller on March 14, 2013 at 13:30 — 3 Comments

Sustainabaility In Action 1 - trees, woods and liberation

Volunteer power is continuing to transform Hackney's green landscape from over managed, conservative parkland into wildlife friendly, sustainable playgrounds for all. This is possible thanks to local experts, small grants and hours of dedicated volunteering.

2013 - the story so far…

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Added by Russell Miller on February 5, 2013 at 10:30 — No Comments

Have You Seen a Hedgehog in Hackney

A woman saw a hedgehog by the railway line on Stoke Newington Common in late October. It may have been disturbed by the clearance work done on the railway cutting. Fortunately Tree Musketeers and Stoke Newington Common Users Group have planted a lot of trees, shrubs and climbers along the railway line so that there is…

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Added by Russell Miller on November 22, 2012 at 16:30 — 5 Comments

MY formal objection to the propsoed Wilmer Place Sainsbury's monstrosity

Proposed Wilmer Place Development…

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Added by Russell Miller on August 21, 2012 at 15:00 — 4 Comments

Sustainable Existence

IF WE CAN'T SEE THE TREES

Social Equality…

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Added by Russell Miller on March 27, 2012 at 21:35 — No Comments

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