‘A fine and subtle spirit dwells in every little flower’ #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 21, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Hyacinthoides non-scripta and a line from The Bluebell by Anne Bronte.

Picture taken April 16.

#wildflowers #wildflower #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #bluebell #bluebells #plant

Common Dog Violet #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 19, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, April, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Viola riviniana.

Picture taken April 16.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #commondogviolet #violet #plant

Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 17, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, April, Cuckooflower, Flowers, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Plenty of Cardamine pratensis in the wood, also Brimstone, Orange Tip and Red Admiral butterflies.

Picture taken April 16.

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“Why in such a hurry,Whither do you go?” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 14, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Ditch, General, March, Nature, Spring | 0 comments

The ditch and a line from “The Streamlet” by James W. Whilt.

Picture taken March 15.

#nature #naturephotography #water

Flying Fox #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 10, 2023 in 2023, April, Fox, Spring | 0 comments

Back garden wildlife – a leaping Vulpes vulpes and mate.

Video taken by remote camera April 7

#wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna #london #fox #foxes

Looking east #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 7, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, March, Nature, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Picture taken March 15.

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Floored by #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 3, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Fungi, March, Nature, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

I’m constantly amazed and then baffled by the variety of #fungus in the wood. Is this a type of polypore?

Picture taken March 15.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom

Sunshine for a cloudy day #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 31, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, March, Plants, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

Primroses, Primula vulgaris.

Picture taken March 15.

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Early Purple Orchid #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 27, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Orchis mascula pushing through the leaf mould.

Picture taken March 15.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #orchid #orchids #plant

Hawthorn #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 24, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Hawthorn, March, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken March 15.

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Birch Polypore or Razor Strop #fungus

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 20, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Birch Polypore, Fungi, March, Spring | 0 comments

Piptoporus betulinus, once dried and used to sharpen razors and knives.

Picture taken March 15.

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Getting a Spring coat #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 17, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Deer, Mammals, March, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera March 5.

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