“Nature rarer uses yellow” #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 30, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, January, Month, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

A line from the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson.

Picture taken January 11.

#plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #leaf #leaves

Silver Birch #tree

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

Betula pendula.

Picture taken January 11.

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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.

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“No sign of spring, save that the catkins fill” #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 20, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Hazel, January, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

A line from “A Calendar of Sonnets” by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Hazel, Corylus avellana.

Picture taken January 11.

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Marcescence #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 16, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Hornbeam, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.

Picture taken January 11.

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“The wild deer wandering here and there, keeps the human soul from care”

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 13, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

Lines from Blake’s Auguries Of Innocence and Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera, December 29, 2022.

#deer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna #mammal #mammals

Dog’s Mercury #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 9, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Dog's Mercury, Flowers, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Mercurialis perennis making an even earlier appearance than usual.

Picture taken December 29.

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A dash of colour #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 6, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Dog Rose, Flowers, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Dog rose hip, Rosa canina.

Picture taken December 29.

 #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #rose #roses

Happy New Year #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 1, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Ash, December, Muntjac, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

I can’t count how many times I’ve passed this Ash tree without noticing the horseshoe. Hope it’s lucky!

Picture taken December 29.

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Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 30, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera on December 11.

#deer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

“… saunter over fields and hill-sides!” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 26, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Nature, Rides, Winter | 0 comments

Good advice from Walt Whitman in Poem of Joys .

Picture taken December 1 looking south.

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Black Bryony #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 23, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Black Bryony, December, Flowers, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Tamus communis, our only native member of the yam family.

Picture taken December 1.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower #blackbryony