A touch of colour #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 17, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, April, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, Orange Tip, Spring | 0 comments

Orange Tip, Anthocharis cardamines.

Picture taken April 6.

#butterfly #nature #insect #naturephotography

The first blue #butterfly to emerge

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 10, 2026 in 2026, An English Wood Blog, April, Butterflies, Fauna, Holly Blue, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus.

Picture taken April 6.

#insect #insectphotography #nature #hollyblue

The 2025 species in the wood list

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 18, 2026 in 2026, Fauna, Fungi, Insects, Lichen, Plants | 0 comments

At least publishing the latest list gives me the excuse to post a jolly summer picture.

A distinctly mixed year. Great to record 25 ‘new’ species, though that doesn’t mean they haven’t always been there. For instance, it includes a Beech tree and Dogwood – how did I miss those?

Great to spot a Holly Blue butterfly and a Redwing for the first time, though.

Bird, insect and fungi ID apps have also been really helpful.

On the downside, 50 tonnes of stricken Ash had to be felled, decimated by dieback and a danger to those walking through the wood. As many Ash trees as possible has been kept, but it’s devastating to see.

For the full list of what’s been recorded in the wood in 2025, go via the navigation menu to the page headed: Species recorded up to December 31, 2025.

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

Tapered Drone Fly #flowerfly

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 8, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, August, Eristalis pertinax, Fauna, Hover Fly, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

Eristalis pertinax, a hover or flowerfly and a bee mimic.

Picture taken August 23.

#hoverfly #hoverflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography #dronefly #flowerflies

Green-veined white #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 5, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, August, Butterflies, Fauna, Green-veined White, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

Pieris napi.

Picture taken August 23.

#green-veinedwhite #butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

Gossamer winged #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 1, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Apis mellifera, August, Bee, Fauna, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, on Water Mint, Mentha aquatica.

Picture taken August 23.

#bees #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography #bee #honey

Holly Blue #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 18, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, August, Butterflies, Fauna, Holly Blue, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

Excited to see my first Celastrina argiolus.

Picture taken August 6.

#butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

Silver-washed fritillary #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 11, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, August, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 0 comments

Argynnis paphia.

Picture taken August 6.

#fritillary #butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

Seven-spot Ladybird #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 4, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Fauna, Insects, July, Ladybird, Seven-spot ladybird, Summer | 0 comments

Coccinella septempunctata.

Picture taken July 17.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #ladybird #ladybug #insectphotography

Crambid Snout Moth #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 28, 2025 in 2025, Agriphila straminella., An English Wood Blog, Grass Moth, July, Month, Summer | 0 comments

Possibly Agriphila straminella a type of Grass Moth.

Picture taken July 17.

#moth #moths #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insectphotography #grassmoth

Meadow Brown #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 20, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Butterflies, Fauna, Insects, July, Meadow Brown, Summer | 0 comments

Maniola jurtina.

Picture taken July 17.

#meadowbrown #butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography