” … and fixedly did look upon the muddy water” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 9, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, General, January, Pond, Winter | 0 comments

What might a leech gatherer find in the pond? A line from Resolution and Independence by Wordsworth.

Picture taken on January 27.

#naturephotography #pond #water

Reflections #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 27, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, January, Month, Plants, Pond, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

The pond looking down from the north bank.

Picture taken January 11.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #tree #pond #water

‘The dusky waters shudder as they shine’ #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 28, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Nature, November, Plants, Pond | 0 comments

The pond and a line from November by Coleridge.

Picture taken November 11.

#trees #naturephotography #woods #tree #pond

Dried-out pond #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 15, 2022 in 2022, August, Pond, Summer | 0 comments

The seasonal pond didn’t used to dry out completely but for the last few years it has.

Picture taken August 1.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #pond #ponds

The pond #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 10, 2022 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, December, General, Pond, Winter | 0 comments

Looking east.

Picture taken December 16.

#nature #naturephotography #tree #trees

Wet, wet, wet #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 10, 2020 in 2020, January, Pond, Winter | 0 comments

The pond during yesterday afternoon’s downpour. (more…)

Dried out #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 13, 2019 in 2019, Autumn, Pond, September | 0 comments

It’s a seasonal pond but this is the second year in a row it’s been reduced to mud. (more…)

Water, water … #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 14, 2018 in 2018, December, Pond, Winter | 2 comments

The seasonal pond has transformed from a bare patch of mud. (more…)

Parched #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 2, 2018 in 2018, Autumn, October, Pond | 0 comments

We’ll need a lot of rain to replenish the seasonal pond. Never seen it completely dry. (more…)

Pond life #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 10, 2018 in 2018, Autumn, Pond, September | 0 comments

Very little water to be seen, a thick layer of mud covers most of the surface. (more…)

“To thirsty suns and parching air” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 9, 2018 in 2018, August, Pond, Summer | 0 comments

A line from The Thorn by William Wordsworth. (more…)

The pond’s brimming #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 25, 2018 in 2018, April, Pond, Spring | 0 comments

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And not just with water – an unidentified species of newt spotted at last. (more…)