He told the Universe Today website that "sadly" there was no wood in the picture, adding ... That edge-on view, combined with the layered nature of these rocks in general gives the surface ...

For this visit to the ten-acre Millennium Wood on Bickenhill Road I let nature decide, knowing that by the time I’d got all the way over there clouds might have moved in after a sunny morning.

Wood Lane, near Ellesmere, is one of the best bird-watching sites in Shropshire, set up on the disused parts of a quarry. This view shows where the nature reserve borders the still-worked quarry ...