The pond’s brimming #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 25, 2018 in 2018, April, Pond, Spring | 0 comments

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And not just with water – an unidentified species of newt spotted at last. (more…)

Hunting a nest site #bumblebees

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 23, 2018 in 2018, April, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. (more…)

Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 20, 2018 in 2018, April, Flowers, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Spring | 0 comments

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. (more…)

‘The monarch of the wood’ #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 18, 2018 in 2018, April, Oak, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

From ‘The Oak Tree’ by Mary Howitt. (more…)

‘Spring’s full-faced primroses …’ #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 16, 2018 in 2018, April, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

If Primula vulgaris could speak, they’d be in full voice too. (more…)

Scarlet elf cup #fungus

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 13, 2018 in 2018, April, Fungi, Scarlet Elfcup, Spring | 0 comments

Scarcoscypha coccinea. (more…)

Two’s company #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 11, 2018 in 2018, April, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

A close encounter with Roe deer on the way out of the wood. (more…)

Common Dog-violet #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 9, 2018 in 2018, April, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

A real sense of spring in the wood, with Viola riviniana among the flowering plants. (more…)

The buck stops #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 6, 2018 in 2018, Deer, Fauna, March, Roe, Spring | 2 comments

Sorry, but I’ve waited five years to write that … male Roe deer. (more…)

Brown or white-lipped snail? #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 2, 2018 in 2018, March, Snail, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

Probably Cepaea nemoralis or Cepaea hortensis. (more…)

Hawthorn #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 30, 2018 in 2018, Hawthorn, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

Primrose #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 26, 2018 in 2018, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

Primula vulgaris. (more…)