Bramble ( Rubus spp )



Blue-tailed Damselfly ( Ischnura elegans )



Black & Yellow Longhorn Beetle ( Rutpela maculata )





Hoverfly ( Syrphus ribesii )



Azure Damselfly ( Coenagrion puella )





Comma ( Polygonia c-album )



Ruddy Darter ( Sympetrum sanguineum )





Great Reedmace ( Typha latifolia )











Teasel ( Dipsacus fullonum )



Marsh Bedstraw ( Galium palustre )





Large Skipper ( Ochlodes silvanus )



Scorpion Fly ( Panorama communis )





Figwort ( Scrophularia nodosa ) & Cranefly sp (Tipulidae sp ) Apparently very difficult to identify unless put under a microscope. James Emerson per comm

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Lower Ashwelthorpe Wood is the Ramsoms capital of Norfolk.

Spectacular when the sun shone.











Superb old Oak - Quercus robur, at the entrance.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust - Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe











Wood Spurge - Euphorbia amygdaloides





Early Purple Orchid - Orchis mascula









Wood Speedwell - Veronica montana





A very strange Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scriptum



New growth on a Bramble.












Ramsoms - allium ursinum up close.



Wood Sedge - Carex sylvatica





Lower Wood is an ancient woodland and has a high number of Hornbeam.

Hornbeam have these wonderful twig clusters on the trunk.

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