The fog was slow to lift here this morning but when it did, we had a beautiful sunny day.  It was just perfect for lockdown walks so the Forest was extremely busy and apart from a Buzzard and a Roe deer, I didn't see much of interest (possibly also because I was talking!)

I did notice that someone had smashed open this greeny-blue stained wood.  We see quite a lot of this here: it is caused by a fungus, Chlorosplenium or Chlorociboria aeruginacscens but we have rarely seen the fruiting bodies which are green elf cups. The blue-green wood was used in decorative inlaid woodwork characteristic of our local area, known as Tunbridge ware.

 I hope that you managed to get out today. There is a definite feel-good factor to being out in the sunshine even if you miss looking closely at nature!