Following help from DB we escaped the shingle and drove to Knowle Wood on the chalk. We were looking for Yellow Bird’s-nest, which I haven’t seen for years. The instructions said to park in a small lay-by car park and walk up the hill, turn to the right and start looking under the beeches. There was a car in the space but plenty of room for us to park.
We got out of the car, looked around and the first thing I saw was a large group of the plant just on the edge between the car park and the road.there were about 75 plants, but most were going over, with a few that were photographable.
We then wandered up footpath to the top of the hill, checking out a fungi at the side of the path. We turned right and David found another group under a yew tree, again, mostly going over. Further on we explored an open space where there were several groups of the plant. We also found some different fungi and some really nice Broad-leaved Hellaborines and the remains of what looked like White Hellaborine.
On the way back down to the car we found a large fungi along the forest track. A lovely wood and hopefully worth a return.
