“Oh Dandelion, rich and haughty” #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 29, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Dandelion, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

A first Taraxacum officinale and a line from the eponymous poem by Vachel Lyndsey.

Picture taken March 8.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #dandelion

Sunny glade #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 25, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, March, Nature, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Looking south from the north ride.

Picture taken March 8.

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

Spurge Laurel #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 22, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring, Spurge Laurel | 0 comments

Daphne laureola.

Picture taken March 8.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #spurge

Silver Birch #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 19, 2024 in 2024, Birch, March, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Betula pendula.

Picture taken March 8.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #silverbirch #birch

Hawthorn #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 16, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Hawthorn, March, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken March 8.

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

Brimstone #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 12, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Brimstone, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, March, Spring | 0 comments

Gonepteryx rhamni rests in the sun after patrolling the west ride.

Picture taken March 8.

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

“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

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.

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

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.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower #plant

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.

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