#ravensroost — Public Fediverse posts

Primrose in drizzle and bad light at the fantastic Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserve at #Ravensroost Wood yesterday morning. My first properly-wild primroses of the year. #SignsOfSpring #WildflowerHour #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

So this weekend #WildflowerHour asked for #SignsOfSpring and at #Ravensroost Wood I saw my first Goat Willow flowers of the year. If you think the branches are at an odd angle, you're right. Hedge laying had been going on and formerly horizontal branches were now vertical! #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Day 5 of the 2025 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Large Red Damselfly is our first species to emerge in serious numbers, in April or even late March. It's not really spring until I've seen one of these. This one was at #Ravensroost Meadows #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve in May. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates #ukwildlife #wildlife #insects #invertebrates #wildlifephotography #photography

Day 3 of the 2025 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Four-spotted chaser, one of our commonest species and very easy to spot as the males fight over possession of ponds. They're one of several species that mate while flying, the female flying upside down and backwards! This one at my favourite #Wiltshire site, #Ravensroost Wood Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust nature reserve in June.
#DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates #ukwildlife #wildlife #insects #invertebrates #wildlifephotography #photography

My #FavouritePlant of the year - Green-winged Orchid at #Ravensroost Meadows #WiltsWildlife Trust nature reserve - a new species for the site! #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Time for some more #Dragonfly action. Last weekend was a bit of a washout but earlier I got to my favourite #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust nature reserve, #Ravensroost Wood. A Four-spotted Chaser, one of several fighting over possession of the meadow pond. #UKWildlife #invertebrates #photography #insects #odonata

The #OrchidChallenge proved a bit tough this week - mainly seeing leaves not flowers. But #Ravensroost Wood is reliable for Common Spotted Orchid and the first few of them were out. Phew! #WildflowerHour #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

This was rather an exciting find. Common Spotted Orchid is common at #Ravensroost. Early Purple does turn up as well. Those are the only two orchids I've ever seen there. Until yesterday, when I was walking across the meadow to get to the pond and found a couple of Green-winged Orchid. #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Finally it's #dragonfly season here in the UK! My first of the year was this male Broad-bodied Chaser who was dominating the larger of the meadow ponds at the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve at #Ravensroost Meadows. I also saw lots of Large Red Damselfly at the pond, a decent number of recently-emerged Common Blue in the neighbouring woodland and an Azure Damselfly at a nearby site. Plus heard my first Garden Warbler of the year singing in the woods. What a day.

A Primrose for #WildflowerHour, seen at one of my favourite places, #Ravensroost Wood in north #Wiltshire. It's not properly spring until the Primroses are out. #YellowFlowers #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Hazel catkins are big and showy, while the pink female flowers are much less conspicuous. My first of the year at #Ravensroost Wood on Friday. #Wiltshire #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Day 3 of the 2024 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Large Red #Damselfly is the first species to emerge each year in most of the UK. This mating pair was at #Ravensroost Meadows #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve, in early May. They usually first appear in April. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates #ukwildlife

There has to be Fleabane at this time of year. Even if there wasn't a #DaisyFamily challenge, the sheer diversity of insects it attracts demands respect. This one has a Sun Fly (sometimes called the Footballer Fly apparently because of the stripes!). In the newly-planted woodland between the woods and the meadows at #Ravensroost, #Wiltshire. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Enchanter's Nightshade at #Ravensroost Woods nature reserve earlier in the week. Very delicate little flowers. #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Some meadow highlights from #Ravensroost on Monday. Cuckoo Flower, also known as Lady's Smock, and Field Wood-rush, also known as Good Friday Grass. very appropriate for the Easter weekend. #Wiltshire #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Some woodland highlights from #Ravensroost Woods #Wiltshire on Monday. Bluebell,
Cowslip, Barren Strawberry and Dog Violet. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

More #SignsOfSpring from #Ravensroost Wood #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve yesterday. This Goat Willow tree had been cut down during woodland management of the ancient woodland over winter, but it wasn't going to let a minor detail like that stop it flowering.
#WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

This week's #WildflowerHour challenge was #SignsOfSpring so here are some from yesterday at #Ravensroost Wood #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve. The (tiny) pink female flower of Hazel, plus Blackthorn, Lesser Celandine and Primrose.
#Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Day 11 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Four-spotted Chaser is common, bulky and males are fond of fighting over ponds. Which makes them great to watch and a frequent food-source for hobbies. They also mate in flight, during which they're joined into a circle, with the female flying upside down and backwards. It's quite a sight. This male was at #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost Meadows in June. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

Day 9 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Common Emerald #Damselfly. This is a newly-emerged male, with bright green colouring, no blue patches yet and the wing spots still very pale. Sadly these aren't as common in the UK as they once were. In the rest of Europe this would be called Common Spreadwing rather than Common Emerald. At #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost Meadows in June. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

Day 4 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar Time for our first #damselfly and it's the Large Red, which is generally the earliest to emerge each year in April. This one was at the great #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Meadows, in early June. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

It's only just starting to be properly autumn, but this Hazel is already thinking about spring, with catkins in bud. #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost Wood yesterday. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

Unsolicited Fleabane pic. My apologies that there's no hoverfly sat on it. There's supposed to be a hoverfly, but none of them wanted to play yesterday. At the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Meadows. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

Another one from the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost wood nature reserve on Thursday. Devil's Bit Scabious growing in a grassy bit beside the main path. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

One for the #WildflowerHour #seeds challenge - Common Spotted Orchid. This was at the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost wood nature reserve on Thursday. #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

It isn't truly high summer until I've seen my first White Admiral, which is my favourite #butterfly by quite a distance. I can confirm that as of yesterday it is now high summer. This one at the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Woods. #insects #wildlife #wildlifephotography #odonata

Another #Dragonfly photo for #DragonflyWeek. This is a Common Darter, sunbathing on a path at the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Woods yesterday. #insects #wildlife #wildlifephotography #odonata

Blackthorn is really at its peak at the moment. #Ravensroost wood on Friday. #WildflowerHour #Wiltshire #WoodlandPlants #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

I went to the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve at #Ravensroost wood on Friday, specifically to look for False Oxlip. And here it is. It's a hybrid of Cowslip and Primrose, which has large flowers like a primrose but on the end of a stalk like a cowslip. #WildflowerHour #WoodlandPlants #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

The results of a trip to the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve at #Ravensroost wood on Friday. Wood Anemone, Barren Strawberry, Dog Violet and Lesser Celandine. All are specialised #WoodlandPlants in the UK although the latter two do grow out in the open as well. #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography