Crane's-bill Geranium (Geranium sp.)
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
![A flowerhead which consists of a feathery base containing pink and purple flower head which looks similar to a thistle. On the left hand side of the photo is a hoverfly which has just landed on the flower. The body of the hoverfly has pale cream bands and yellow and dark brown bands. The brown and yellow bands make a v-shape and cut into the cream band.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Common-Knapweed-1024x683.jpg)
Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)
Greater Plantain (Plantago major)
Silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
![A patch of leaves on stems. Each individual leaf has a very toothed edge.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Silverweed-1024x683.jpg)
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Wood Avens (Geum urbanum)
![A tiny flowerhead on a stem. We can see the outside yellow petals and the inside stamens of the flower. There is also a tiny black beetle which I suspect is a pollen beetle.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Wood-Avens-1024x683.jpg)
Rosebay Willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium)
Wood Speedwell (Veronica montana)
![This is a very fragile looking flower with tiny little petals and quite long stamens. It also looks as it it has darker veins running down the length of the petals.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Wood-Speedwell-1024x683.jpg)
Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
![This is a stunning looking plant. In this photograph is a stem which is covered with these bright yellow flowers which are slightly darker in the middle round the stamens. The photograph was taken on a bright day which made these flowers look even brighter.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Yellow-Loosestrife-1024x683.jpg)
Pollen Beetle on Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa)
Tormentil (Potentilla erecta)
Sulphur Polypore
Sulphur Polypore – Full Grown
Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.)
Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Large Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Nettles in Flower (Urtica dioica)
Hypericum (Hypericum sp.)
![There is a background of leaves behind the flowers in this photo. The central flower was in full flower and on either side of it were much smaller flower buds.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Hypericum-1024x683.jpg)
Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)
Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
![A large white umbrel-type flowerhead. The flowerhead is made up of a circle of smaller stalks each one of which ends in a cluster of small white flowers. Each flower has quite deeply divided petals. There are some very small insects on each of the flower clusters and there are 4 different insect species.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Hogweed-1024x683.jpg)
Fairy Inkcap AKA Fairies Bonnets
![Amongst undergrowth we see the stump of a tree. The stump is covered in moss and these amazing clumps of fungi. These are Fairy Inkcap fungi aka Fairies Bonnets.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Fairy-Inkcap-Fungi-1024x683.jpg)
Docken Flowers (Rumex sp.)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Bramble Flowers (Rubus fruticosus)
Insect on Bramble Flower (Rubus fruticosus)
Elderflower (Sambucus nigra)
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
Sticky Willys also known as Cleavers (Galium aparine)
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Birds Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
![These Bird’s Foot Trefoil are nestled in amongst a bed of clover and grasses. They have the distinctive pea shaped flower. The new flowers are lovely with their yellow and coral stripes which then burst into the bright yellow mature flowers.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Birds-Foot-Trefoil-1024x683.jpg)
Broad Leaved Willowherb (Epilobium montanum)
Rowan Flowers (Sorbus aucuparia)
Holly Flowers (Ilex aquifolium)
Hawthorn Flowers
![A small branch sweeps in from the to right hand corner. If has several hawthorn leaves. All along the branch are clusters of small white hawthorn flowers. In each cluster there is a mix of flowers which are still in but and others which are in full bloom.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Hawthorn-in-Flower-1024x683.jpg)
Ribwort Plantain
Pignut and Cocksfoot Moths
![This is a closeup photograph of a pignut flower head. This is an umbel-type flower head consisting of many tiny white flowers. There are 3 cocksfoot moths on some of the flowers.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Pignut-1024x683.jpg)
Cobweb on Great Wood Rush
![Against a brownish background we find this great woodrush flower head which has been turned into a massive spiders web.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Greater-Wood-Rush-and-cobweb-1024x683.jpg)
Garlic Mustard
Dog Violet
Daisies
Cuckooflower
Cow Parsley
![A the top of the stalk of this plant is split into several umbel like flowerheads. Each large flowerhead is split into several small stalks – each ending in a cluster of small white flowers. They look very vibrant against a brown leaf background.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Cow-Parsley-1024x683.jpg)
Bugle
Bee On Vetch
Crab Apple
![Against a green background is a group of flowers. This group of flowers has a flower bud which has just broken, and three other buds which are nearly open and a flower which is in full bloom. The main flower in full bloom is white with a tinge of pink, whereas the other partially opened buds are predominantly pink with white.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Crab-Apple-1024x683.jpg)
Lesser Celandine
Chickweed
Dandelions
![What a seed-head! This is a closeup image of a dandelion seed-head. It is fluffy white but the seeds are visible in the centre. However, one of the seeds has already come detached.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Dandelion-seeds-1024x683.jpg)
Bracken
Great Wood-Rush
Grape Hyacinth
Greater Stitchwort
![A beautiful small plant in the sunshine. There are 5 white petals each of which have a deep notch in the top of each petal – so at a quick glance it looks as if there are 10 petals. In the middle of each plant we see golden dots of yellow pollen on its stamens.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Greater-Stitchwort-1024x683.jpg)
Chickweed - Wintergreen
![This photo was taken not long after a heavy rain shower so the leaves are covered in drops of water. The flower is a small white flower with 7 petals. There are little dots of yellow from the pollen covered stamen.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Chickweed-Wintergreen-1024x683.jpg)
Germander Speedwell
![In amongst grasses was a small blue flower – a Germander Speedwell.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Germander-Speedwell-1024x683.jpg)
Tuberous Comfrey
![This plant has large green leaves and much smaller tubular flowers. The flowers are a creamy colour. There is a bumble bee feeding from one of the plants.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Tuberous-Comfrey-1024x683.jpg)
Wood Sorrel
![A small white woodland flower which has lilac/purple veins running the length of each of the petals.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Wood-sorrel-1024x683.jpg)
Hoof Fungi
Whin And Bee
Bluebells
![A close up of a bluebell plant. The bluebells are white with a very subtle hint of pink. Some of the bluebells are in full flower and the petals have curled back. There are other buds which are still to open and others which are very nearly fully open. At the end of the bell of the flower in the middle is an insect.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Insect-on-Bluebell-1024x683.jpg)
![The background to this photo is deliberately not in focus. In the centre of the photo is a bluebell stalk with 4 flowers. The petals of the bluebell flowers have slightly wavy sides. The petals are also well curled back.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Native-Bluebell-1024x683.jpg)
![While there is one big patch of bluebells (Hyacinthoides sp.) in the woodland, there are several areas that have smaller clumps of flowers. This is one of those clumps. They are a beautiful mix of both pink and blue bluebells. It’s really nice to see that there are insects close to these flowers – in this case a spider.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Pink-and-Blue-Bluebells2-1024x683.jpg)
Blaeberries
Oyster Mushrooms
Downy Birch Catkins
![There are two different catkins in this photo. The long lighter coloured catkins in this photo are the male catkins. While the female catkins are standing erect. They appear together on the same branches.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Downy-birch-Male-and-Female-Catkins-1024x683.jpg)
Goat Willow - Female Catkins
![In the background, and out of focus, is the branches of a tree. In the foreground are the female catkins of the Goat Willow tree. Tiny leaves have started to appear at the base of each catkin. The catkin themselves are cylindrical with spikes and at the end of each spike is a little brown seed.](https://alternativeperspectives.photography/wp-content/uploads/Goat-Willow-Female-1024x683.jpg)
Black Berries
Orange Lichen
Birch Polypore
References:
I have used the following reference books and websites extensively. Without them you would have had a page of photos with very little else.
Plant Atlas – https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.ff9
Scott, M (1995), “Scottish wild flowers”, Collins Guide
Rose, F (1981), reissued 1991, “The wild flower key – British Isles – NW Europe”, London: Penguin Books Ltd
Fitter, R, Fitter, A and Blamey M (1978), 2nd Edition, “The wild flowers of Britain and Northern Europe”, Glasgow: William Collins Sons and Co Ltd
If you want to visit the official Maryburgh Community Woodland site please click on this link
This blog was originally published on:
20 April 2023
and subsequently modified on:
11 February 2024