Blackthorn #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 23, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Blackthorn, March, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Prunus spinosa.

Picture taken March 20.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #blackthorn

‘We are turning towards the sun’s indifferent ray’

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 20, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, March, Month, Nature, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Looking south and a line from Spring Equinox by R S Thomas.

Picture taken March 4.

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Lesser Celandine #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 16, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Ficaria verna.

Picture taken March 4.

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‘The budding twigs set out their fan …’ #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 13, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Hawthorn, March, Plants, Spring, Trees, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, and a line from Wordsworth’s “Lines Written in Early Spring.”

Picture taken March 4.

 
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Feels like Spring #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 9, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, March, Month, Nature, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Heading west out of the wood.

Picture taken March 4.

#trees #plants #naturephotography #woods

Dog’s Mercury #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 6, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Dog's Mercury, February, Flowers, Plants, Uncategorized, Winter | 0 comments

When Mercurialis perennis appears at about the same time as the Primroses, I know the wood’s waking.

Picture taken February 21.

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Glad they’re back #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 2, 2026 in 2026, February, Flowers, Plants, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

Nice to see the Primroses, Primula vulgaris.

Picture taken February 21.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #primrose

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.

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The hunter #bird

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 23, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Birds, Fauna, February, Owl, Winter | 1 comment

An owl swoops down on one of the rides.

Picture taken by remote camera on January 22.

#wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #owl

Pheasant #bird

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 21, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Birds, Fauna, February, Month, Pheasant, Winter | 0 comments

Phasianus colchicus.

Picture taken by remote camera on February 11.

#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #pheasant

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.

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