Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 19, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Deer, Fauna, January, Mammals, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

Capreolus capreolus. So many deer the flora is suffering.

Picture taken January 10 by remote camera.

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #deer

Pushing through #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 16, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, January, Plants, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

It won’t be long before Primroses, “Primula vulgaris” are in flower.

Picture taken January 5.

#plants #naturephotography #woods #plant #wildflower

Hawthorn #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 13, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Hawthorn, January, Month, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken January 5.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hawthorn

“When winter winds are piercing chill” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 9, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, General, January, Month, Nature, Plants, Rides, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Looking west and a line from Woods in Winter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Picture taken January 5.

#trees #plants #plant #naturephotography #woods #tree #snow

Last survivors #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 5, 2026 in An English Wood Blog, Guelder Rose, January, Month, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Guelder Rose berries, Viburnum opulus.

Picture taken January 5.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #guelderrose

Common Greenshield lichen #lichens

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 2, 2026 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, Lichen, Winter | 0 comments

Flavoparmelia caperata.

Picture taken December 23.

#lichen #nature #naturephotography #woods #greenshield

Common Striated Feather-moss #moss

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 29, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Common striated feather-moss, December, Month, Moss, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Eurhynchium striatum, provisional identification.

Picture taken December 23.

If you can help with identification, please leave a message below.

#mosses #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant

“And deck thee with the holly’s sheen …” #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 26, 2025 in 2025, December, Holly, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Ilex aquifolium and a line from Emily Bronte’s “Love and Friendship.”

Picture taken December 2.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #holly

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 22, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, General, Month, Nature, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Looking south and a line by Robert Frost.

Picture taken December 2.

#trees #plants #plant #naturephotography #woods #tree

An ingredient in perfumes #lichen

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 20, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, Evernia prunastri, Lichen, Winter | 0 comments

Oil distilled from Oakmoss, Evernia prunastri, is used as a fixative.

Picture taken December 2.

#oakmoss #nature #naturephotography #woods #lichens

Turkeytail #fungus

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 15, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, Fungi, Month, Turkeytail, Winter | 0 comments

Trametes versicolor.

Picture taken December 2.

#turkeytail #nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom #fungi #mushrooms

Hazel #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 12, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, Hazel, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Corylus avellana.

Picture taken December 2.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hazel