Tugley Wood Meadow

There is a meadow in the woods at Tugley which at times appears to be a vision of true lovliness....in fact it can appear like a sort of heaven on earth on a spring day in the sunshine.....I wonder what you think.....foxes and roe deer and rabbits often frequent the clearing and song thrushes sing from the branches of the oaks. It really is fantastic.

Tugley Wood in the Spring

At the moment, Tugley wood is filled with bird song. There are several singing nightingales competing with numerous black cap warblers and a fantastic garden warbler. His voice is truly amazing. catching a brief glimpse of any of these great songsters is the best that can be hoped for though! They are all loud but highly elusive. As well as the birds there are some roe deer and lots of wild flowers. The early purple orchids are just appearing and fluttering amongst them are a few wood-white butterflies and a truly beautiful green veined white. There are no signs of any turtle doves yet though. Have they not made it back through the killing fields of France I wonder......?

A visitor from West Africa.....

It was a cool day in early May and this female stone chat was very flirty and photogenic on top of some gorse bushes. What a lovely sight she was, continually flicking her wings and making her stone tapping sounds while hawking for flies. Fantastic. Welcome back from Africa little stone chat!!!

Nightingales In a Surrey Wood (Tugley)

As I write there is a nightingale singing from the thicket on my left....accompanied by a wood warbler and a distant cuckoo....a wood-white butterfly is nectaring nearby. Could this ancient Surrey woodland be a vision of heaven?

Gorgeous Tugley Fox