‘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.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods

‘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.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #hellebore

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

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.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #spurge

Silver Birch #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 9, 2026 in 2026, Birch, January, Plants, Trees, Uncategorized, Winter | 0 comments

A fallen Betula pendula.

Picture taken January 19. 
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Fern Moss #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 6, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Fern Moss, January, Month, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

Thuidium delicatulum, provisional identification.

Picture taken January 19.

#moss #mosses #plants #naturephotography