A country lane in Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook village sign

A home in Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook church

We are consulting on #Wickhambrook Parish Council's submissions draft of its #Wickhambrook Neighbourhood Plan at westsuffolk.inconsult.uk/system/login... View hard copies at The BT Call Box, Shop Hill, and the Memorial Social Centre foyer in Wickhambrook. The consultation closes on 23 May 2025

In the stubble, a hare tried to be invisible; less welcome, Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense).
Black Horehound looked black.
But treat to find Fluellen - here Round-leaved (Kickxia spuria) entwined with Sharp-leaved (K. elatine)!
#Wickhambrook #Hairyplants #Arableplants
2/2

A dull, dull day in Suffolk. Chilly with north wind. At least not raining. Ground hard & dry. Not a single fungus in 5.5 miles. Summer seems over. While the Dogwood still blooms, Sloes, Cherry-plums & Guelder-rose fruiting again.
#MyWalk #Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk 1/2

Wickhambrook, a muddy part of the world on those clays, difficult to stride out on.

The buds of the Ash still tight shut as night fell, tranquil and chill.

#sunset #Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk

6/6

Any help appreciated in identifying these fungi: my guesses clockwise from top right: Rosy Crust (Peniophora incarnate), Postia, Mycoacia uda & Byssomerulius corium.

#fungi #Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk

5/6

Around Wickhambrook, delighted to find White Brain (Exidia thuretiana)? and Lilac Oysterling (Panus conchatus)? as well as the more familiar Bleeding Oak Crust (with Oak Apples) and Velvet Shank.

#fungi #Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk

4/6

In Wickhambrook, Primroses bloom in the cemetery, Winter Aconites too, leaves of Lords-and-Ladies poking through, while the Guelder-rose still bears berries.

#MyWalk #primroses #aconites #Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk

1/6

It's a wonder the plants keep their petals in all this icy wind...in our garden these northerlies have brought drifts of petal snow.

#CowParsley Ashfield Green #Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #WildlifeWednesday

4/4

Now the chunky Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) is in flower, contrasting with the more frothy Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).

#Hogweed #CowParsley Ashfield Green #Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #WildlifeWednesday

3/4

Some good plants for #pollinators cultivated in the fields around Wickhambrook: Borage (Borago officinalis), Tansy-leaved Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) & Cultivated Flax (Linum usitatissimum)

#Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Borage #Phacelia #covercrop @Britnatureguide

2/4

Along the Wickham Brook a fabulous display of Red Campion (Silene dioica), and the Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) is just getting into its stride.

#Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #WildflowerHour
6/7

Other spring botanical delights along the Wickham Brook: peak Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), Wood speedwell (Veronica montana), Goldilocks Buttercup (Ranunculus auricomus) & good old Herb Robert.
#Wickhambrook #Suffolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #WildflowerHour
5/7

Delightful path along the Wickham Brook, still flowing despite the bone dry countryside. More Yellow Archangel, Pendulous Sedge (Carex pendula), Field Maple and coppiced Hazel.

#Wickhambrook #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #ancientwood #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #WildflowerHour
4/7

Along with Cowslips (Primula veris), constellations of Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) are among the great wayside joys of spring, in some places forming a veritable Milky Way to follow along the path.

#Wickhambrook #Suffolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #WildflowerHour
3/7

The ancientness of Easter Wood attested to by Midland Hawthorn, Dogs Mercury & Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon). Bugle (Ajuga reptans) outdoing the Ground Ivy on the warm woodland bank. Roar of insects as if the wood was about to lift off.

#Wickhambrook #Suffolk
2/7

Some of the fruitfulness of autumnal #Suffolk #hedgerows, parties of sneezing Long-tailed Tits threading along them as families of chittering Swallows skim low over the Broad Bean & cereal stubbles. #MyWalk from #Wickhambrook to #Stradishall. Hawthorn, Elder, Crab Apple, Bramble.