A pop of red is appearing across ditches with the berries of the rowan (mountain ash) ripening #InSeason - Gotta love this native tree!

When you look closely at this fern-filled ditch, there is such a wide variety, including some hart’s tongue fern (with flatter long fronds/leaves). A hart is an adult male red deer (stag)…! Guest Ditch: Niall Sargent 🕵️ in Kerry #Ditchionary #IrishNature #Biodiversity

Spotting the odd sneezewort in the ditches these days… Dry its leaves to make a sneezing powder… but sneezing too much? Use its flowers to help with head colds. Seems like the perfect combo for a scam! #Ditchionary #IrishWildflowers

Autumn has arrived with some delicious ditches! #Blackberries #Ditchionary

🍃 The verges remain mainly uncut here in #Donegal (though perhaps not for long with the start of hedgecutting season). Spotted lots of Devil's-Bit Scabious in a ditch up the road - getting regular visits from bumblebees #irishwildflowers #ditchionary

Autumn heather! #Ditchionary

The magic of droplets caught on a cobweb-filled fir #ditchionary

First new flowers spotted on the furze that line the local ditches… #ditchionary #Donegal

Rose hips bringing a splash of colour to this autumnal ditch 🌹 #ditchionary #irishwildflowers

Fern balayage #AutumnStyle #Ditchionary

🍄 Keep an eye on ditches for mushrooms - they’re everywhere in all shapes & sizes at the moment #ditchionary #irishnature

🍄 More mushrooms everywhere we looked in Donegal town at the weekend #Ditchionary

Thriving in the damp #Ditchionary #Donegal

Was great to spot my first frogspawn of the year in this #Donegal ditch 🐸 #ditchionary