Fauna | Low Weald Wood

Green-veined White #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 5, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Butterflies, Fauna, Green-veined White, Insects, May, Spring | 0 comments

Pieris napi.

Picture taken May 4.

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Garden Bumblebee #insect

Posted by Wildwood on May 29, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Bombus hortorum, Bumblebee, Insects, May, Spring, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Bombus hortorum, provisional identification.

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

Picture taken May 4.

bees #bumblebees #nature #naturephotography

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‘Long-tongued’ bee #insect

Posted by Wildwood on May 11, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Fauna, Flowers, Insects, May, Plants, Spring, Yellow Archangel | 0 comments

Common carder bee, Bombus pascuorum, on Yellow Archangel, Lamium galeobdolon.

Picture taken May 4.

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Brock #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on May 8, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Badger, Fauna, Mammals, May, Spring | 0 comments

Grainy, but it’s the first time in more than a decade we’ve captured an image of a Badger, Meles meles, in the wood.

Picture taken by remote camera on May 3.

#wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #badger

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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.

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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

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The hunter #bird

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 23, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Birds, Fauna, February, Owl, Winter | 1 comment

An owl swoops down on one of the rides.

Picture taken by remote camera on January 22.

#wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #owl

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Pheasant #bird

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 21, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Birds, Fauna, February, Month, Pheasant, Winter | 0 comments

Phasianus colchicus.

Picture taken by remote camera on February 11.

#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #pheasant

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The 2025 species in the wood list

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 18, 2026 in 2026, Fauna, Fungi, Insects, Lichen, Plants | 0 comments

At least publishing the latest list gives me the excuse to post a jolly summer picture.

A distinctly mixed year. Great to record 25 ‘new’ species, though that doesn’t mean they haven’t always been there. For instance, it includes a Beech tree and Dogwood – how did I miss those?

Great to spot a Holly Blue butterfly and a Redwing for the first time, though.

Bird, insect and fungi ID apps have also been really helpful.

On the downside, 50 tonnes of stricken Ash had to be felled, decimated by dieback and a danger to those walking through the wood. As many Ash trees as possible has been kept, but it’s devastating to see.

For the full list of what’s been recorded in the wood in 2025, go via the navigation menu to the page headed: Species recorded up to December 31, 2025.