Up close and personal #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 20, 2017 in 2017, Deer, Fauna, January, Mammals, Roe, Winter | 0 comments

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Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

Fox #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 19, 2017 in 2017, Fauna, Fox, January, Mammals, Winter | 0 comments

Not the best picture of Vulpes vulpes but good to have a trail camera working again to see what’s around. (more…)

The web #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 30, 2016 in 2016, December, Spider, Winter | 0 comments

In the clearing. (more…)

Festive lunch #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 26, 2016 in 2016, Birds, December, Pigeon, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

Possibly the remains of a wood pigeon bordering the clearing. (more…)

Frog legs it #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 25, 2016 in 2016, Amphibians, Autumn, Common Frog, Fauna, November | 0 comments

This small Rana temporaria leapt into cover. (more…)

Miner work of art #natures

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 17, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Insects, November | 0 comments

Looks like evidence of a leaf miner fly, whose larvae leave a trail when feeding on the tissue between the leaf surfaces. (more…)

‘A spider sewed at night …’ #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 27, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, October, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

Unidentified Arachnid and a line from Emily Dickinson. (more…)

‘And the squirrels stirred in dusty dreams’ #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 23, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Fauna, Grey Squirrel, October | 0 comments

A line from Chesterton’s ‘The Ballad of the White Horse.‘ (more…)

Fox #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 22, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Fox, Mammals, October | 0 comments

Vulpes vulpes by the pond. (more…)

Woodpigeons #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 4, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Birds, Pigeon, September | 0 comments

A pair of Columba palumbus – they seem to consider this area by the pond ‘home’. (more…)

Nicely disguised #snail

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 3, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Mollusc, September, Snail, Unidentified | 0 comments

Unidentified snail a metre or so up a tree trunk. (more…)

Hazel and visitor #insects #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 28, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Fly, Insects, September, Unidentified | 0 comments

Possibly Hydrotaea similis on Corylus avellana. (more…)