You can just about see the wheatear flitting across this grass reseed. Last time I saw a wheatear here was 6 Sept 2008 when last reseeded.

Not seen waterlogged rendzinas on the chalk before!

Under the weather!

Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure: - gently tease apart along lines of natural weakness to look for soil aggregate shape and size at different depths - gently crush aggregates between finger and thumb to assess friability and density #WorldSoilDay2024 #interpretsoil #vess

Great day out with Plymouth Uni designing runoff experiments. Examples of soil structure in a field of wheat showing differences 20m apart. Compacted soil under perched water Slumped seedbed between rows without cover Seedbed under crop cover Ancient hedge bank. University of Plymouth

Cornwall night and day.

Pleased with this photo of a stonechat. Not pin sharp though. Still learning how to use the camera.

Eroded soil exposing mole burrows. Now filling up with soil and detritus to form a Krotovina.

Intense heat on the chalkland soil this year. March vs July.

Shrinkage of clay creating soil structure. Pedogenesis.

Interesting shallow line of bleached stones in this podzol in a road cutting at Studland Heath. I’m assuming that these are Pleistocene gravels laid down during the ice age? Jérôme Juilleret @subsolum .bsky.social. An ancient soil profile?

Jethro Tull would be amazed. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Compacted soil that needs subsoiling…or leave? Fine grained sandy loam soils over Bridport Sands. An interesting field with wild bird seed mix. Abundant earthworms creating casts and burrows in the subsoil after 4 years. #soilrecovery. A pleasure to see Ollie Blackburn