‘ … fate had made thee for the pleasure of the wind …’ #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 20, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, Insects, July, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 1 comment

Watching Silver-washed fritillary butterflies zip about the skies in the clearing, I’m not sure Robert Frost had this quite right. (more…)

Roe buck #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 18, 2018 in 2018, Deer, Fauna, June, Mammals, Roe, Summer | 0 comments

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

Roe doe #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 16, 2018 in Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe | 0 comments

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

Jay #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 14, 2018 in 2018, Birds, Fauna, Jay, June, Summer | 0 comments

This Jay, Garrulus glandarius, spends a lot of time by the remote camera. (more…)

Muntjac #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 12, 2018 in 2018, Deer, Fauna, June, Muntjac, Summer | 0 comments

Muntiacus reevesi. (more…)

The 2017 species list #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 10, 2018 in 2017, Owl, Tawny Owl | 0 comments

From a Tawny Owl to fungi, more than 15 new species were recorded in 2017 – the full list is HERE. (more…)

Variable Longhorn #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 8, 2018 in 2018, Insects, June, Summer, Unidentified | 2 comments

Very grateful to Bugman Jones, Richard Jones, for identifying Stenocorus meridianus, which flew into the edge of the clearing. (more…)

Arachnid #spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 28, 2018 in Spider | 0 comments

Unidentified. (more…)

Speckled Wood #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 8, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, June, Speckled Wood, Summer | 1 comment

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

Bird song and Percy #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 6, 2018 in 2018, Birds, June, Summer | 0 comments

Link to bird song

Bird song in the clearing until Percy Thrower intervenes. (more…)

Roe buck by night #deer

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 4, 2018 in 2018, Deer, Mammals, May, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

Almost perfect #birds

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 30, 2018 in 2018, April, Birds, Jay, Spring | 0 comments

If only this Jay had shifted up a tad. (more…)