Continuing around the back of the compound along the woodland walk, notice fox boxes created as artificial dens, ferns including Shield fern (pictured), Polypodes, Hart's tongue fern.
>> Follow back around to return to the SHED and the vegetable garden with beetroot, kale, potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes and a pumpkin bed.On the other side of the central pond, the creature feature wall shows evidence of shuttered insect nest holes belonging to Mason and Leafcutter bees, plugged with mud, pieces of leaf or webbing, depending on the species.
The loggery is a habitat for stag beetles.
Hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum, August 2016.
Cyanotype on fabric: Ky Lewis and workshop participants
Stag beetle, ink on paper, c. 1980s. Anonymous, from the archive of Stave Hill Ecological Park / Trust for Urban Ecology, archive.org