Low Weald Wood https://anenglishwood.com A photo blog recording a wood in the Weald Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:52:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 39130131 Stripes on yellow #insect https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/30/stripes-on-yellow-insect/ https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/30/stripes-on-yellow-insect/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://anenglishwood.com/?p=18659 Tapered Drone Fly on Ragwort.

A Tapered Drone Fly, Eristalis pertinax, I think, on Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris.

Picture taken July 17.

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Cirsium vulgare.

Picture taken on July 17.

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]]> https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/27/spear-thistle-wildflowers-3/feed/ 0 18655 Meadow Brown #butterfly https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/24/meadow-brown-butterfly-4/ https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/24/meadow-brown-butterfly-4/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://anenglishwood.com/?p=18649 Meadow Brown butterfly.

Maniola jurtina.

Picture taken on July 17.

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]]> https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/24/meadow-brown-butterfly-4/feed/ 0 18649 Creeping Thistle #plants https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/20/creeping-thistle-plants-2/ https://anenglishwood.com/2026/07/20/creeping-thistle-plants-2/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://anenglishwood.com/?p=18637 Creeping Thistle.

Cirsium arvense, apparently the UK’s most common thistle but the first time I’ve seen it in the wood.

Picture taken July 17.

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Bombus terrestris.

Picture taken July 17.

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