St Peter’s Wort #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 9, 2026 in 2026, Autumn, Provisional identification, September, St Peter's Wort | 0 comments

Possibly Hypericum tetrapterum, also known as square-stemmed St. John’s Wort. But not sure!

Picture taken 21st September.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography

À la Carte #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 5, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Birds, Fauna, Mollusc, Month, September, Snail | 0 comments

Picture taken 21st September.

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Muntjac #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 2, 2026 in 2026, Autumn, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Muntjac, September | 0 comments

Muntiacus reevesi,

Picture taken by remote camera on 16th September.

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“I could think the deer were waiting for me” #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 28, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, Roe, September, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, and a line from Ted Hughes’ poem “Roe-deer”.

Picture taken by remote camera on 16th September.

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Fox on the run #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 25, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, Fox, Mammals, Month, September | 0 comments

Vulpes vulpes.

Picture taken by remote camera on 10th September.

#wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #fox

Slender Parasol #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 6, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Month, Provisional identification, September, Slender Parasol | 0 comments

Macrolepiota mastoidea, provisional identification.

Picture taken September 22.

If you can help with identification, please leave a message below.

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Glistening Inkcap #fungus

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 3, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Glistening Inkcap, Month, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

Coprinellus micaceus, provisional identification.

Picture taken September 22.

If you can help with identification, please leave a message below.

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Rosy Brittlegill #fungus

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 29, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fungi, Month, Provisional identification, Russula, September | 0 comments

Russula rosea, provisional identification.

Picture taken September 22.

If you can help with identification, please use the comment form below.

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Black bryony #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 26, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Black Bryony, Flowers, Plants, September | 0 comments

Tamus communis, our only native member of the yam family and highly poisonous.

Picture taken September 1.

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Bramble #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 22, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Bramble, Flowers, Month, Plants, September, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Rubus fruticosus.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #blackberry #bramble #wildflower

Devil’s-bit scabious #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 19, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Month, Plants, September | 0 comments

The roots appear truncated. Folklore suggests the devil took a bite out of them, apparently annoyed that the plant was medicinally useful.

Succisa pratensis.

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Hornet mimic hoverfly #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 15, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Hornet mimic hoverfly, Month, September | 0 comments

The harmless Volucella zonaria, largest of the UK’s hoverflies.

Picture taken September 1.

#hoverfly #hoverflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #hornetmimic #insectphotography #flowerfly #flowerflies