Gatekeeper #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 22, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, August, Butterflies, Fauna, Gatekeeper, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

Pyronia tithonus.

Picture taken August 1.

#butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

Stressed Spindle #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 19, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, August, Plants, Spindle, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Euonymus europaeus, with browned leaves and smaller berries forming.

Picture taken August 1.

#trees #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

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

Betony #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 12, 2022 in 2022, August, Betony, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Betonica officinalis.

Picture taken August 1.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower

Common Ragwort #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 8, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, August, Common Ragwort, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Senecio jacobaea.

Picture taken August 1.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower

Hawthorn #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 20, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, August, Hawthorn, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken August 30.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

Dark bush-cricket #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 17, 2021 in 2021, August, Cricket, Insects, Pholidoptera griseoaptera, Summer | 2 comments

Pholidoptera griseoaptera hanging around.

Picture taken August 30.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect

Lords and Ladies #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 13, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, August, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Arum maculatum.

Picture taken August 30.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

Hoverfly #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 10, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, August, Fauna, Hover Fly, Insects, Meliscaeva cinctella, Summer | 0 comments

Meliscaeva cinctella.

Picture taken August 30.

Guelder rose #shrubs

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 6, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, August, Guelder Rose, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Viburnum opulus – the wood’s changing to Autumn colours.

Picture taken August 30.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

Bramble #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 3, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, August, Bramble, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Rubus fruticosus.

Picture taken August 17.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

Honeysuckle #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 1, 2021 in 2021, August, Flowers, Honeysuckle, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Lonicera periclymenum.

Picture taken August 17.