Dog violet #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 7, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Viola riviniana.

Picture taken March 25.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #violet

False Oxlip #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 4, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, False Oxlip, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Primula veris x vulgaris (P. x polyantha).

Picture taken March 25.

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

Spawned! #amphibian

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 31, 2025 in 2025, Amphibians, An English Wood Blog, Common Frog, Fauna, March, Spring | 0 comments

Hoping a few of these in the pond will survive to become frogs, Rana temporaria.

Picture taken March 25.

#frogs #frog #amphibian #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 28, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, March, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

First time since 2018 that I’ve spotted Chrysosplenium oppositifolium.

Picture taken March 25.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower #saxifrage

The ‘Christmas Rose’ blooms #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 24, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring, Stinking Hellebore | 0 comments

Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus foetidus.

Picture taken March 10.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #wildflower #hellebore

Frog #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 21, 2025 in 2025, Amphibians, An English Wood Blog, Common Frog, Fauna, March, Spring | 0 comments

Rana temporaria spotted near where they have spawned in the past. Fingers crossed.

Picture taken March 10.

#frogs #amphibians #amphibian #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fauna

Haemorrhoid treatment #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 17, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Lesser Celandine or Pilewort, Ficaria verna.

Picture taken March 10.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #wildflower #celandine

‘Now the Spring is waking’ #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 14, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Hawthorn, March, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Crataegus monogyna and a line from Song by Edith Nesbit.

Picture taken March 10.

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

Brimstone #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 10, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Brimstone, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, March, Spring | 0 comments

Gonepteryx rhamni, great to see it land on the west ride

Picture taken March 10.

#brimstone #butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

The updated species list

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 5, 2025 in 2025, February, Winter | 2 comments

I’ve finally updated the ‘Species in the Wood’ page on the site, up to and including 2024.

Photo is looking south across the pond from the high bank, which is only accessible in winter.

Picture taken February 19.

#nature #pond

Hazel #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 24, 2025 in An English Wood Blog, February, Hazel, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Corylus avellana.

Picture taken February 19.

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

“Quite violent purgative” #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 21, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, February, Flowers, Plants, Spurge Laurel, Winter | 0 comments

Neither a spurge nor a laurel, Spurge Laurel, Daphne laureola, was once used medicinally, according to Stevens in “Discovering Wild Plant Names.”

Picture taken February 9.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #wildflower #spurge