‘… and the hips are rotting …’ #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 1, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Dog Rose, Flowers, October, Plants | 0 comments

Hips of Dog Rose, Rosa canina, and a line from ‘Rose Hips and Thistles‘ by Marion McCready.

Picture taken October 3.

#wildflowers #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #wildflower #rose

The pond #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 28, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, General, October, Pond | 0 comments

About two-thirds full, patterned by leaves and reflections.

Picture taken October 3.

# #naturephotography #pond #water

Knight of the woods? #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 25, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Birch Knight, Fungi, October | 0 comments

Possibly Tricholoma fulvum, Birch Knight.

If you can help identify this fungus, I’d be grateful if you’d use the comment box below.

Picture taken October 3.

#fungus #nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom #mushrooms

“Spindle-wood, will you lend me, pray, a little flaming lantern to guide me on my way?” #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 21, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, October, Plants, Spindle, Trees | 0 comments

Euonymus europaeus and a line from Alms in Autumn by Rose Fyleman.

Picture taken October 3.

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

“The scarlet berries in the hedge stood out” #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 14, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Hawthorn, October, Plants, Trees | 0 comments

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, and a line from Masefield’s ‘The Wanderer‘.

Picture taken October 3.

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

So sad #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 11, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Ash, Autumn, October, Plants, Trees | 0 comments

Ash trees, Fraxinus excelsior, afflicted by dieback, leafless and stark against the sky.

Picture taken October 3.

#plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #tree #ash

Wild Cherry #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 7, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, October, Plants, Trees, Wild Cherry | 0 comments

Prunus avium.

Picture taken October 3.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #cherry

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