Spear Thistle #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 17, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, February, Plants, Spear Thistle, Winter | 0 comments

Frosty winter rosette of Cirsium vulgare.

Picture taken February 10.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower #thistle

“Stately as a deer with antlers” #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 13, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Deer, Fauna, February, Mammals, Month, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

Roe deer buck and a line by Longfellow.

Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera on January 31.

#deer #roedeer #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

“We weren’t expecting this this morning: sun” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 10, 2023 in 2023, January, Nature, Rides, Winter | 0 comments

The north ride and a line from “Winter Morning” by Richard Meier.

Picture taken January 20.

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

Frosty morning (2) #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 6, 2023 in 2023, January, Nature, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

West ride.

Picture taken January 20.

#plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods

Frosty morning (1) #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 3, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, January, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

The west ride.

Picture taken January 20.

#plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #tree #leaf #leaves

“Nature rarer uses yellow” #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 30, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, January, Month, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

A line from the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson.

Picture taken January 11.

#plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #leaf #leaves

Silver Birch #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 27, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Birch, January, Month, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Betula pendula.

Picture taken January 11.

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

Reflections #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 27, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, January, Month, Plants, Pond, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

The pond looking down from the north bank.

Picture taken January 11.

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

“No sign of spring, save that the catkins fill” #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 20, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Hazel, January, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

A line from “A Calendar of Sonnets” by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Hazel, Corylus avellana.

Picture taken January 11.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hazel

Marcescence #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 16, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Hornbeam, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.

Picture taken January 11.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hornbeam

“The wild deer wandering here and there, keeps the human soul from care”

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 13, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

Lines from Blake’s Auguries Of Innocence and Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera, December 29, 2022.

#deer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna #mammal #mammals

Dog’s Mercury #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 9, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Dog's Mercury, Flowers, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Mercurialis perennis making an even earlier appearance than usual.

Picture taken December 29.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #dogsmercury