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Scaly Male-fern in Brasenose Wood
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Brasenose Wood from Horspath
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Capsules of the moss Funaria hygrometrica
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Marsh Valerian and Bugle in Long Marsh
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The Mug Tree in the mist
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The Mug Tree at sunrise
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Inside an ancient coppiced Ash
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One of Shotover's wonderful trees
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A carpet of Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage in Bottom Ground
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A mining bee emerging from its nest
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Forest Bug
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Fungi in the evening sunshine
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Bracken in the evening sun
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Common Toad: frequently encountered on Conservation Days
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Misty morning on the Hill
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The Shotover Oak: pre-July 2015
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The Shotover Oak: July 2015
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The Shotover Oak: July 2015
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'All about bees': An outing for Buzbee on the Hill.
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The famous geological layer-cake. An edible model of Shotover with broccoli trees and raisin boulders.
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'Fun with Geology': cooking the ochre
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'Fun with Geology': different colours from one piece of ochre
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'Fun with Geology': painting with natural colours
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The School Safari: looking at nesting woodpeckers
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The School Safari: looking at what we found
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The School Safari: dressing Buzbee
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A tour of Shotover's fine trees
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Arranging the palaeontology cabinet
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Setting up the exhibition
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Conference Reception: getting ready to welcome delegates
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9:59am and ready to begin
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Shotover Wildlife Chairman opens the day
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Richard Comont on beetles
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The Moss Boss speaks
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A speaker entertains
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Delegates in the exhibition
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A busy discussion panel to end the day
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Discussing the Shotover crocodile
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Thanks to Darren from the organising team
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Badgers caught on night camera
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Bryology: if you can't reach the tree top - wait till it comes to you!
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Extracting tree-ring data in Brasenose Wood
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Tree-ring measurement: a slice from a felled oak
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Insect survey day: sweep netting
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Insect survey day: sweep netting
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Insect survey day: labelling sample pots
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Mammals work: live sampling
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Pigmy Shrew on Shotover
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Moth trapping during the BENHS weekend
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The malaise trap at Long Marsh
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A vane trap in Brasenose Wood
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Shotover Ancient Trees An old boundary Lime goes onto the inventory
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Shotover Ancient Trees Measuring the girth of the 'Bendy Birch' - standard rules don't apply!
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Shotover Ancient Trees Ted Green (Ancient Tree Forum) explains
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Shotover Ancient Trees Protecting the iconic Shotover Oak from soil compaction - Before
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Shotover Ancient Trees Protecting the iconic Shotover Oak from soil compaction - During
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Shotover Ancient Trees Protecting the iconic Shotover Oak from soil compation - During
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Shotover Ancient Trees Protecting the iconic Shotover Oak from soil compaction - During
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Shotover Ancient Trees Protecting the iconic Shotover Oak from soil compaction - After
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Acidic Grassland Habitat Project Removing topsoil and bracken rhizomes
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Acidic Grassland Habitat Project Bill's careful and accurate excavator work
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Acidic Grassland Habitat Project Early moring start on Scrape 1
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Acidic Grassland Habitat Project Scrape 1 completed
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Acidic Grassland Habitat Project The very early arrival of Early Hair-grass
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Acidic Grassland Habitat Project Six years on - moss cover and an impressively slow succession
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Field reception for the BENHS survey weekend
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Shotover Natural Heritage Survey training day - Terrestrial Bugs
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Shotover Natural Heritage Survey training day - True Flies
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Shotover Natural Heritage Sorting insects in the Horspath Hub community venue
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