Stinkhorn

A Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) erupts through the lush mossy carpet which covers the floor of Holidays Hill's mainly coniferous enclosure. 

Wooden deer

A wooden doe suns herself amongst Holiday Hill's stands.

Dark Hat

I stood eyes closed, light sun illuminating my face, listening to the gentle gurgling of a forest rivulet, it was bliss. A trailer for Spring to come. It even smelt like it, or maybe that was my mind playing tricks. Bloody lovely whatever.

Wild wood

 

Wild wood

Pig out?

We were not expecting to come across a pig out in the forest at this time of the year, a big feisty sow, normally you'd only see pigs out at pannage season, much later in the year. Without provocation she trotted towards us, now I don't know if her approach was out of inquisitiveness or aggression, but I wasn't going to wait to find out, and made off in haste. Only to accosted and chased shortly after by a small herd of bull calves. It was like Animal Farm, the animals were throwing off their shackles and revolting. The forest is full of the unexpected.  

Forest ditch

Shiny chemoautotrophic bacteria in a ditch.