A dash of colour #plant

Posted by on Jan 6, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Dog Rose, Flowers, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Dog Rose hip.

Dog rose hip, Rosa canina.

Picture taken December 29.

 #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #rose #roses

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Happy New Year #nature

Posted by on Jan 1, 2023 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Ash, December, Muntjac, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Horseshoe in tree.

I can’t count how many times I’ve passed this Ash tree without noticing the horseshoe. Hope it’s lucky!

Picture taken December 29.

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

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Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by on Dec 30, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

Roe deer.

Capreolus capreolus.

Picture taken by remote camera on December 11.

#deer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

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“… saunter over fields and hill-sides!” #nature

Posted by on Dec 26, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Nature, Rides, Winter | 0 comments

View of gate and field.

Good advice from Walt Whitman in Poem of Joys .

Picture taken December 1 looking south.

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

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Black Bryony #plant

Posted by on Dec 23, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Black Bryony, December, Flowers, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Black Bryony.

Tamus communis, our only native member of the yam family.

Picture taken December 1.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower #blackbryony

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“The garment green, now turned to brown” #tree

Posted by on Dec 19, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Oak, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Oak leaves.

Quercus robur and a line from The Gallant Oak by Douglas Malloch.

Picture taken December 1.

#oak #trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods

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Look west #nature

Posted by on Dec 16, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Nature, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

South ride looking west.

The south ride.

Picture taken December 1.

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

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Field Maple #trees

Posted by on Dec 12, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Field Maple, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Field Maple.

Acer campestre.

Picture taken on December 1.

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

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Candlesnuff #fungus

Posted by on Dec 9, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Candlesnuff, December, Fungi, Winter | 0 comments

Candlesnuff fungus.

Xylaria hypoxylon.

Picture taken December 1.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom #fungi

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More like autumn than winter #tree

Posted by on Dec 5, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Oak, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Oak.

Oak, Quercus robur.

Picture taken December 1.

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

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A Field Maple glows on a misty day #tree

Posted by on Dec 2, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, December, Field Maple, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Field Maple.

Acer campestre.

Picture taken December 1.

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

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‘The dusky waters shudder as they shine’ #nature

Posted by on Nov 28, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Nature, November, Plants, Pond | 0 comments

The pond.

The pond and a line from November by Coleridge.

Picture taken November 11.

#trees #naturephotography #woods #tree #pond

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