Betony #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 18, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Betony, Flowers, July, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Betonica officinalis.

Picture taken July 17.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #betony

Field Rose #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 14, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Field Rose, Flowers, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Rosa arvensis.

Picture taken June 20.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #rose

Dark bush-cricket #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 11, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Cricket, Fauna, Insects, June, Pholidoptera griseoaptera, Summer | 0 comments

Pholidoptera griseoaptera, I think.

Picture taken June 20.

#cricket #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insectphotography

Ringlet #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 7, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, June, Month, Ringlet, Summer | 0 comments

Aphantopus hyperantus.

Picture taken June 20.

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

Named for the Baptist #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 4, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, June, Month, Plants, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

An old belief tells of the glandular dots of St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum, oozing blood on the day the saint was executed, writes Stevens.

Picture taken June 20.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #stjohnswort

Oak bush-cricket #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 30, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, June, Month, Oak bush-cricket, Summer | 0 comments

This Meconema thalassinum tried to hitch a ride in my car and took much gentle persuasion before it was ushered back into the wood.

Picture taken June 20.

#cricket #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insectphotography #crickets
 

Marbled White #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 27, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, June, Marbled WHite, Month, Summer | 0 comments

Melanargia galathea.

Picture taken June 20.

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

Positively primeval #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 25, 2025 in 2025, Amphibians, An English Wood Blog, Common Frog, Fauna, June, Summer | 0 comments

A bit of a cheat, Frog tadpoles, Rana temporaria, in the garden pond. I hope those in the wood are also on their way to becoming froglets.

Video taken on June 6.

#frogs #frog #amphibians #amphibian #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

Dogwood #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 23, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, June, Month, Summer | 0 comments

The first time I’ve spotted Cornus sanguinea.

Picture taken June 2.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #dogwood

‘We smell the odour of honeysuckle’ #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 20, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, Honeysuckle, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Lonicera periclymenum and a line from ‘Cascade’ by Robert Desnos.

Picture taken on June 2.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #honeysuckle

Cow Parsley #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 16, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Cow Parsley, Flowers, May, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Anthriscus sylvestris, also known as Queen Anne’s lace says the Woodland Trust.

Picture taken May 28.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #parsley

Take to strengthen the liver? #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 13, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Field Maple, May, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

The seventeenth English botanist and herbalist Nicholas Culpeper recommended using the leaves and bark of Field Maple, Acer campestre.

Picture taken May 28. 
#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #maple