Cleeve Common.

Beech is associated with femininity and is often considered the queen of British trees, where oak is the king. In Celtic mythology, Fagus was the god of beech trees. The tree was thought to have medicinal properties and its leaves were boiled to make a poultice which was used to relieve swellings. Forked beech twigs are also traditionally used for divining.

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Speech House Lake in the Forest of Dean is a small fishing lake in the Speech House Woods. Beautiful in the morning light. Not a lot of wildlife about when I took this shot, but I liked the light and the stillness of the lake itself. Apparently they filmed some scenes from a BBC show called “Merlin” here. Never really watched it myself so can’t comment!

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Amazing variety of life. All the photos taken on this day by me and posted on Flickr are from this meadow.

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Coombe Hill. Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

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Storm Drain

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