Stinking hellebore #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 27, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, February, Flowers, Plants, Stinking Hellebore, Winter | 0 comments

Helleborus foetidus.

Picture taken February 21.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #hellebore

The 2025 species in the wood list

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 18, 2026 in 2026, Fauna, Fungi, Insects, Lichen, Plants | 0 comments

At least publishing the latest list gives me the excuse to post a jolly summer picture.

A distinctly mixed year. Great to record 25 ‘new’ species, though that doesn’t mean they haven’t always been there. For instance, it includes a Beech tree and Dogwood – how did I miss those?

Great to spot a Holly Blue butterfly and a Redwing for the first time, though.

Bird, insect and fungi ID apps have also been really helpful.

On the downside, 50 tonnes of stricken Ash had to be felled, decimated by dieback and a danger to those walking through the wood. As many Ash trees as possible has been kept, but it’s devastating to see.

For the full list of what’s been recorded in the wood in 2025, go via the navigation menu to the page headed: Species recorded up to December 31, 2025.

Spurge laurel #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 13, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, January, Plants, Spurge Laurel, Winter | 0 comments

Daphne laureola.

Picture taken January 19.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #spurge

Silver Birch #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 9, 2026 in 2026, Birch, January, Plants, Trees, Uncategorized, Winter | 0 comments

A fallen Betula pendula.

Picture taken January 19. 
#trees #plants #plant #naturephotography

Fern Moss #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 6, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Fern Moss, January, Month, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

Thuidium delicatulum, provisional identification.

Picture taken January 19.

#moss #mosses #plants #naturephotography

Hornbeam #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 31, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Hornbeam, January, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Carpinus betulus.

Picture taken January 19.

#plants #plant #nature #naturephotography

Pushing through #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 16, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, January, Plants, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

It won’t be long before Primroses, “Primula vulgaris” are in flower.

Picture taken January 5.

#plants #naturephotography #woods #plant #wildflower

Hawthorn #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 13, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Hawthorn, January, Month, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna.

Picture taken January 5.

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

“When winter winds are piercing chill” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 9, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, General, January, Month, Nature, Plants, Rides, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Looking west and a line from Woods in Winter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Picture taken January 5.

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

Last survivors #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 5, 2026 in An English Wood Blog, Guelder Rose, January, Month, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Guelder Rose berries, Viburnum opulus.

Picture taken January 5.

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

Common Striated Feather-moss #moss

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 29, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Common striated feather-moss, December, Month, Moss, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Eurhynchium striatum, provisional identification.

Picture taken December 23.

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

#mosses #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant

“And deck thee with the holly’s sheen …” #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 26, 2025 in 2025, December, Holly, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Ilex aquifolium and a line from Emily Bronte’s “Love and Friendship.”

Picture taken December 2.

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