Red Admiral #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 1, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, November, Red Admiral | 0 comments

I enjoyed the company of Vanessa atalanta for a while on Monday while planting trees.

Picture taken November 27.

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

“Light glows through the trees like wine”

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 27, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, November, Plants, Trees | 0 comments

The west ride and a line from Autumn Sadness by Emma Lazarus.

Picture taken on November 7.

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

Hawthorn #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 24, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Hawthorn, November, Plants, Trees | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken November 7.

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

Spindle #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 20, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, November, Plants, Spindle, Trees | 0 comments

Euonymus europaeus.

Picture taken November 7.d

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #spindle

What’s going on? #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 17, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, Fungi, Insects, November, Uncategorized, Unidentified | 0 comments

I couldn’t identify the caterpillar – which was dead and held in this strange position – or the fungi. Thoughts appreciated!

Picture taken November 7.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #caterpillar #insectphotography

Red Admiral #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 13, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, November, Red Admiral | 0 comments

A sole Vanessa atalanta soaking up the late Autumn sun.

Picture taken November 7.

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

Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 10, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, October, Roe | 0 comments

Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera on October 23.

#deer #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

“… see the fading many-colour’d woods” #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 6, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Common Ragwort, Flowers, October, Plants | 0 comments

A line from a poem by James Thomson and what might be Ragwort, Senecio jacobaea.

Picture taken October 5.

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

Butter Cap #mushroom

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 3, 2023 in 2023, Autumn, Butter Cap, October | 0 comments

Rhodocollybia butyracea, provisional identification.

Picture taken October 5.

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

#fungus #nature #naturephotography #woods #fungi #mushrooms

“Oh Autumn, laden with fruit …” #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 30, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Crab Apple, October, Plants, Trees | 0 comments

Crab Apple, Malus sylvestris, and a line from Song at the Beginning of Autumn by Elizabeth Jennings.

Picture taken October 5.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #apple

Elm #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 28, 2023 in 2023, Autumn, Elm, October | 0 comments

Nice when something as iconic as Ulmus glabra is pointed out to you!

Picture taken October 5.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #elm

Marsh Thistle #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 23, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Flowers, Marsh Thistle, October, Plants | 0 comments

Cirsium palustre.

Picture taken October 5.

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