Creeping Buttercup #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 10, 2018 in 2018, Creeping Buttercup, June, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Ranunculus repens. (more…)

Speckled Wood #butterflies

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 8, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, June, Speckled Wood, Summer | 1 comment

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

Bird song and Percy #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 6, 2018 in 2018, Birds, June, Summer | 0 comments

Link to bird song

Bird song in the clearing until Percy Thrower intervenes. (more…)

A last glimpse of summer … #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 15, 2017 in 2017, August, Nature, Rides, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

The north ride, looking east. (more…)

Stagshorn #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 13, 2017 in 2017, August, Fungi, Summer, Yellow Stagshorn | 0 comments

Probably immature, Calocera viscosa, Yellow Stagshorn. (more…)

Brown-lipped Snail #snails

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 12, 2017 in 2017, August, Brown-lipped snail, Mollusc, Provisional identification, Snail, Summer | 0 comments

Cepaea nemoralis, provisional identification. (more…)

‘There is an evening coming in across the fields …’ #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 11, 2017 in 2017, August, General, Summer | 0 comments

‘Going‘ by Philip Larkin and the view leaving the copse. (more…)

Autumnal #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 10, 2017 in 2017, August, Hawthorn, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Autumn arrived early in the wood, with plenty of berries and fungi. (more…)

Dog Vomit or Scrambled Egg #slime mould

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 9, 2017 in 2017, August, Fulgia septica, Slime Mould, Summer | 0 comments

Fuligo septica. (more…)

Guelder rose #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 8, 2017 in 2017, August, Guelder Rose, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Viburnum opulus. (more…)

‘The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose’ #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 7, 2017 in 2017, August, Rides, Summer | 0 comments

From ‘Song of the Open Road‘ by Walt Whitman. (more…)

Bane of fleas #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 6, 2017 in 2017, August, Fleabane, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

Fleabane’s name derives from its smoke, if burned, driving away fleas and other insects, says Botanical. (more…)