Hoverfly #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 2, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, August, Eristalis pertinax, Fauna, Hover Fly, Insects, Month, Plants, Provisional identification, Summer | 2 comments

Eristalis pertinax (with thanks to Neil!)

Picture taken August 15.

#hoverflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography #flowerfly #flowerflies #Volucella

Vetch #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 26, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, August, Flowers, Plants, Provisional identification, Summer, Tufted Vetch | 0 comments

Possibly Tufted Vetch, Vicia cracca.

Picture taken August 15.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #vetch

Dark Bush Cricket #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 9, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Cricket, Fauna, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

Pholidoptera griseoaptera, provisional identification.

Picture taken July 17.

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Willow #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 9, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, February, Goat Willow/Pussy Willow, Plants, Provisional identification, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

I’m pretty sure these are Willow tree buds, possibly Goat Willow, Salix caprea.

Picture taken February 16.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #willow

Fungus totem #fungus

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 12, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Fungi, January, Provisional identification, Turkeytail, Winter | 0 comments

Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor, provisional identification.

Pictures taken January 27.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom #fungi #mushrooms

“Blotched with a green lichen” #lichens

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 5, 2024 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, December, Evernia prunastri, Lichen, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

Evernia prunastri and Punctelia subrudecta (I think) and a line from South Of My Days by Judith Wright.

Picture taken December 6.

#lichen #nature #naturephotography #woods

Happy New Year #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 1, 2024 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, December, Guelder Rose, Plants, Provisional identification, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

This was growing close to the ground, maybe a young Guelder Rose, Viburnum opulus?

Picture taken December 6.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #berries

Common Inkcap #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 9, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Common Inkcap, Fungi, November, Provisional identification | 0 comments

Coprinopsis atramentaria, provisional identification.

Picture taken November 27.

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

Poplar Leaf Beetle #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 17, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Fauna, Insects, May, Poplar Leaf Beetle, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

Chrysomela populi, provisional identification.

Picture taken May 21.

If you can confirm identification, please leave a message below.

butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insectphotography #beetle #beetles

Searching for a nest #bees

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 1, 2022 in 2022, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Fauna, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

Brimstone butterflies were on the wing and bumblebees hunting for nests.

Possibly a Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.

Picture taken March 22.

#bees #bumblebees #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography #bee

Butter Cap #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 1, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fungi, October, Provisional identification | 0 comments

Possibly Rhodocollybia butyraceae. Provisional identification.

Picture taken October 5.

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

#mushroom #fungus #nature #naturephotography #woods

Millipede #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 15, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, Insects, Millipede, October, Provisional identification | 0 comments

Possibly a White-legged Snake Millipede which I disturbed. Now back sheltering behind the remote camera.

Tachypodoiulus niger, provisional identification.

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

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