Mouse: Woodpile life (2/5) #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 5, 2017 in 2017, Mammals, May, Provisional identification, Spring, Wood Mouse | 0 comments

What might be a young Wood Mouse looked out and then retreated into its intricate moss nest after we moved logs. (more…)

Frog: Woodpile life (1/5) #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 1, 2017 in 2017, Amphibians, Common Frog, May, Spring | 0 comments

Rana temporaria was among the creatures disturbed when we shifted a woodpile by hand. (more…)

Fox by night #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on May 31, 2017 in 2017, Fox, Mammals, May, Spring | 0 comments

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

Speckled Wood #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on May 30, 2017 in 2017, Butterflies, May, Speckled Wood, Spring | 0 comments

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

Orange Tip resting #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on May 26, 2017 in 2017, Butterflies, May, Orange Tip, Spring | 0 comments

Female Anthocharis cardamines. (more…)

Bee Fly #insects

Posted by Wildwood on May 25, 2017 in 2017, Bee Fly, May, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

Bombylius major, provisional identification, landing on Ramsons,  Allium ursinum.

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Female Orange Tip #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on May 19, 2017 in 2017, Bush Vetch, Butterflies, Flowers, May, Orange Tip, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

Anthocharis cardamines feeding, possibly on Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium. (more…)

Named after St Mark’s day

Posted by Wildwood on May 14, 2017 in 2017, April, Insects, Spring, St Mark's Fly | 0 comments

St Mark’s Fly, which appears around St Mark’s Day, April 25. (more…)

Green-veined White #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on May 12, 2017 in 2017, April, Butterflies, Green-veined White, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

Pieris napi. (more…)

Cardinal Beetle #insects

Posted by Wildwood on May 8, 2017 in 2017, April, Cardinal Beetle, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

Pyrochroa serraticornis. (more…)

Speckled Wood on wood #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on May 3, 2017 in 2017, April, Butterflies, Speckled Wood, Spring | 0 comments

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

Fading fast #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on May 2, 2017 in 2017, April, Birds, Spring | 0 comments

The Primroses may be coming to an end but a lovely feature of the latest visit was members of the Small Woods Association identifying at least two Nightingales singing. (more…)