Signs of Spring

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 31, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

Already plenty of Primroses in evidence, this on the north ride. (more…)

Bird food

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 30, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Ivy, January, Winter | 0 comments

Berries of the Common Ivy, Hedera helix, can be a source of food for birds such as wood pigeons, thrushes and their young in spring. (more…)

‘The Frost performs its secret ministry’

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 24, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Thistle, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

From Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (more…)

A wintry wood

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 23, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Herb Robert, January, Winter | 0 comments

Temperatures around zero, frost, ice and a clear blue sky. Finally felt like winter. (more…)

Honouring the King of Mauritania’s physician

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 6, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, January, Winter, Wood spurge | 0 comments

Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides. (more…)

Framed

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 23, 2014 in 2014, Black Bryony, December, Flowers, Winter | 0 comments

Black Bryony, Tamus communis, on the north ride. (more…)

‘The thistle yet’ll unite Man and the Infinite!’

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 24, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Flowers, Marsh Thistle, November, Thistle | 0 comments

From A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle. (more…)

Sole survivor

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 12, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Creeping Buttercup, Flowers, November | 0 comments

A lone and soaked example of a flowering Ranunculus repens, Creeping Buttercup. (more…)

Toxic

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 10, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Flowers, Ivy, November | 0 comments

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Ivy, Hedera helix. (more…)

Sun and rain

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 6, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Black Bryony, Flowers, November | 2 comments

Tamus communis, Black Bryony. (more…)

High in vitamin C

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 30, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Dog Rose, Flowers, October | 0 comments

The hip of the Dog Rose, Rosa canina, traditionally used to make syrup. (more…)

Growth and decay

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 21, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Flowers, October, Unidentified | 0 comments

Flowers still trying to open next to those long-gone. (more…)