Common Dog-violet #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 20, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, April, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Viola riviniana.

Picture taken April 6.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #violets

A touch of colour #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 17, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, April, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, Orange Tip, Spring | 0 comments

Orange Tip, Anthocharis cardamines.

Picture taken April 6.

#butterfly #nature #insect #naturephotography

Nibbled #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 14, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, April, Flowers, Plants, Spring, Wood Anemone | 0 comments

One of few Wood Anemones, Anemonoides nemorosa.

Picture taken April 6.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #anemone

The first blue #butterfly to emerge

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 10, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, April, Butterflies, Fauna, Holly Blue, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus.

Picture taken April 6.

#insect #insectphotography #nature #hollyblue

Natural hybrid #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 6, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, April, False Oxlip, Flowers, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

False Oxlip – Primula vulgaris x veris = P. x polyantha.

Native Cowslips and Primroses sometimes hybridise to produce False Oxlip.

Picture taken April 6.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #oxslip

Goat Willow #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 3, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Goat Willow/Pussy Willow, March, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Salix caprea.

Picture taken March 20.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #willow

Bluebell time #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 30, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Bluebell, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Hyacinthoides non-scripta.

Picture March 20.

#bluebells #plants #nature #naturephotography

Spindle #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 27, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, March, Plants, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Euonymus europaeus.

Picture taken March 20.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #spindle

Blackthorn #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 23, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Blackthorn, March, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Prunus spinosa.

Picture taken March 20.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #blackthorn

‘We are turning towards the sun’s indifferent ray’

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 20, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, March, Month, Nature, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Looking south and a line from Spring Equinox by R S Thomas.

Picture taken March 4.

#trees #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

Lesser Celandine #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 16, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Ficaria verna.

Picture taken March 4.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

‘The budding twigs set out their fan …’ #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 13, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Hawthorn, March, Plants, Spring, Trees, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, and a line from Wordsworth’s “Lines Written in Early Spring.”

Picture taken March 4.

 
#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods