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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Would you recognise the same mushroom twice? You might not with the Blackening Waxcap. But why is that? Well, the clue is in the name! Take a look at the photos to find out more 👉 📸 Thumbnail: Keilidh Ewan

Graphic featuring a Blackening Waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe conica). A small orange, cone-shaped mushroom with a pale stem grows among green grass and low vegetation, photographed with a shallow depth of field that creates a soft, blurred background. White text at the top reads “Blackening Waxcap” and “Hygrocybe conica”. A yellow label in the bottom-left corner reads “Fungi Friday!”, and a white arrow on the right indicates this is part of a carousel post.

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Henbit Dead-nettle starting to flower again and I think these are the seedlings I saw at the end of august which appeared after the first rains at the end of the summer drought - which would be 4-5 weeks from germination to flower

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think this is an Indigofera, possibly I. heterantha (a form of?). In Zetland Park at Redcar, so a bit milder being by the sea and sandy soil. Someone, probably in the 70's or early 80's chose some interesting plants.

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If it hasn’t been published it has effectively not been done - a Classic Prof Simon leather quote highlighting the value of communicating the science once it has been done A celebration at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social for the new building opened in hour of the great man @royentsoc.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the *final day* to submit your entries for the Botanical Photographer of the Year competition. It's easy to send us your photos - if you aren't sure on the identification for a plant, simply tell us that on your entry. Make sure you are in the running! Go, go, go! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.

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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Curlews in 'Rockband Photoshoot Formation' at North Cave Wetlands. It's a fab place with varied habitats and the brilliant 'Little Butty Bus' for a proper bacon sandwich and a cup of tea as a reward for the walking! One of our favourites! @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is an interesting point that has come up in our Local Nature Recovery Strategy: If you start post Enclosure (circa 1600-1650 in Tees Valley) then your story now is loss of hedgerows. Start before & the loss is of wetlands and massive amounts of grassland/grazing moor; hedges are irrelevant.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have been known to decry Elaeagnus for being boring. I’ve almost changed my mind, on account of the heavenly scent of these unobtrusive little flowers. Another late nectar source that the bees were taking full advantage of. I’ve never seen them so floriferous up here in the north east.

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A very useful new CVAT lidar visualisation layer has been added to the England snd Wales coverage area on the National Library of Scotland Maps website. News and links here maps.nls.uk/additions/#205

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Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bradford-on-Avon excels again! Vervain along Christchurch and the delightful purple variety thoroughly escaped along Woolley Terrace 🙂

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Vervain on a sandy road verge in Constantine, Cornwall today. Given that there's easily over 100 plants it's surprising this is a first monad record for them here. Verbena officinalis

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sea-purslane (Atriplex portulacoides) a saltmarsh undershrub and not something I can recall seeing before (don't get to the seaside often enough). There was lots of saltmarsh (we didn't explore); the Sea-purslane was growing fairly near the base of the cliff

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hoary Rock-rose looking very hairy in the leaf department. There was lots of Common Rock-rose growing in the grassland community nearby but the Hoary was all on the cliff face. Nationally scarce but stable distribution plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always like to photograph any native plant that's gone variegated, the novelty I guess, despite always finding variegated plants hard to place in gardens. Common Rock-rose - just the one plant amongst many that was throwing out erratically variegated leaves at the weekend

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No purple colouration at all on the florets of this very attractive Carline Thistle, Carlina vulgaris, at Dungeness last Monday. #WildflowerHour

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Would be interested to know what this is #WildflowerID as I'm sure would Aoife!

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Barry 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🌿🌿 @wonkyeggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica) looking lovely at @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social Humphrey Point #WildflowerHour

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Barry 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🌿🌿 @wonkyeggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba) still flowering at The Spetchells in Northumberland #WildflowerHour

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Portland Spurge, also at Humphrey Head; the flowering bit at some distance up the cliff and much as I like plants I was not willing to go any closer than the actual sand at the bottom of the cliff. Fitter says the red tinge is something Portland does but Sea Spurge does not. #WildflowerHour

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Close-up for those of you want to know what it really looked like #WildflowerHour

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Barry 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🌿🌿 @wonkyeggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The single plant that was in reach

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My phone was so excited about taking a photo of Spiked Speedwell in full flower halfway up a limestone cliff-face ... it pixelated* #WildflowerHour Anyway, as you can see, it was stunning blue colour *I guess this is digital version of blurring, nice to see a return to form from me

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rock Samphire growing amongst the rocks at Humphrey Head, a @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social Nature Reserve (amazing site, thank you!) #WildflowerHour

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is well worth the watch (10 mins) - really excellent immersive garden, fantastic choice of garden plants & understanding of how plant communities work. I would say it takes a lot of skill (rather than a bit) but skill very worth learning. Lovely (big) wildflower patch at the end

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Is remarkable how a whole community of migratory fish has largely disappeared. Here we discuss the five different strategies. youtu.be/pSac_QGEMbE?...

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The Decline of Migratory Fish: Causes and Solutions

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The highest small-scale biodiversity or density of species has been recorded in semi-natural communities. It demonstrates that sustainable role of humans can be beneficial in terms of biodiversity for the whole of ecosystem. www.academia.edu/5823255/Kull...

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This week, attractive seeding heads have caught my eye in Lye Valley #fen. Here are fluffy Hemp Agrimony, maroon seeds of Parsley Water-dropwort, green-striped seeds of Wild Angelica & the maroon splashed with silver of opening flowers of Common Reed waving in the wind @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Terrible to see the river #Bann Kilrea, with all this blue-green algae coming from Lough Neagh. #ecocide

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Found another #FungiFriends! Special thanks to @lukaslarge.bsky.social for his identification yesterday that the ‘frill’ is another fungi, Syzygites megalocarpus, a mould with an impressive mycelium which delights in the common name of Troll-doll Fungus! How cool is that! Zoom in to see the flies!

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NEYEDC @teamneyedc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As part of her placement, Elizabeth has written two blog posts, the first of which is live on our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi.... This first piece introduces us to the concept of place-names, where they come from, and how they relate to woodlands! 2/2

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Woodland place names - how do they work? — neyedc

Elizabeth, a PhD student in the department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York, is currently on placement with us investigating how place-names can strengthen the evidence bas...

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NEYEDC @teamneyedc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Over the last few months we've had Elizabeth, Language and Linguistic Science PhD student at the University of York, join us to investigate how place-names can strengthen the evidence base for Ancient Woodland designation, using her expertise on place-names in the medieval period. 1/2 🌳

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Veteran Apple in old, species-rich hedgerow nr Pickering. This tree has been recorded previously as a Crab Apple but I'm not entirely convinced. The field has broad, deep, sinuous ridge-and-furrow typical of medieval open field cultivation so I suspect this was an early (C16/17th) enclosure hedge.

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The UK’s largest citizen science fungi survey, #WaxcapWatch, is back!🍄 It’s really easy to take part. Just head out to a grassy spot and record any waxcaps and grassland fungi you find. Join today 👉 www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/

Two red fungi growing amongst some grass. The title reads 'Join the UK's largest citizen science fungi survey'

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is very kind, thank you! I couldn’t do it without the support of the lovely @naturelark.bsky.social of course and an enormous thank you to the wonderful #wildflowerhour community, who go out each week looking for flowers - there would be no #wildflowerhour without your amazing efforts! 🤗🥰

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Dave O'Brien @daveob66.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#WildflowerHour #FavouritePlant Possibly my favourite flower of 2026 are these variants of Water Avens. I found several in woods at Pickering, N. Yorkshire. @whitbynats.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My #FavouritePlant this year was the Harebells at South Gare on the River Tees Estuary in mid-July during the drought, because they were the sort of spectacular display of abundance and diversity that people go abroad for and we had it here in the Tees Valley #WildflowerHour

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Watercolour studies of Glasswort and Sea Blite from the salt marshes at Teesmouth this week. 🐡 #wildflowers #botany

Watercolour painting of Purple Glasswort, Annual Sea Blite and Long-stalked Glasswort

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Menyanthes trifoliata L. Bog Bean, in the folk pharmacopoeia of mainly northern bogs, prized as a tonic bitter, & for digestive problems. In Shetland as a cure for jaundice, & in Lewis for asthma, (clearing the tubes). There are pin-eyed and thrum-eyed variants. #FavouritePlant #WildflowerHour

the thrum-eyed variant of Menyanthes trifoliata

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This summer I've been lucky to spend quite a bit of time surveying meadows in Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire - one of my favourite habitats with many of my #favouriteplants - though very little shade available! #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Hinksey Meadow SSSI, a floodplain meadow with sheets of Pepper-saxifrage Silaum silaus

Upwood Meadows NNR with abundant Saw-wort Serratula tinctoria

Soham Meadow SSSI with a good mix of meadow species including lots of Quaking-grass Briza media

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Clemency Cooper @clemencycooper.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Fossil pollen from the North York Moors shows an increase in birch, alder and hazel following the Harrying of the North when large parts of Yorkshire and the surrounding area were laid to waste and tens of thousands of people killed and displaced. 2/

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Would love to hear why too... was it super rare?👀 first time seeing it?😍 under your nose for 30 years & you never noticed 🤦 walk past it everyday 💚 the dog wee-ed on it & it survived 💅 tiny? size of a small house? 🏠 divine scent? 👃 just because #ImSoRandomMe 😜

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We were represented at the Third National Meadows Conference at Kew:Wakehurst in June with a stand and flashtalk. Videos of all the sessions are now available if you fancy taking a look highweald.org/news/meadows...

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Meadows: Putting Science into Practice - High Weald National Landscape

The third annual National Meadows Conference was held at Kew Wakehurst on 19-20 June 2026. The theme of the event was 'Science into Practice', with a focus on sharing practical knowledge that anyone c...

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GardenWild Guy @gardenwild.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is how I plan to cut #GardenWild s first "piedmont prairie " client this year as well. Small in comparison, only 4 acres, but diverse- and the plan is to leave the best plant diversity in islands and mow areas still under invasive removal/control- leaving large "islands" for overwintering

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Climate Disconnect @climate-disconnect.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is called the "mow-saic" approach and gives various meadow wildlife species -- from invertebrates to small mammals like field mice -- access to the type of habitat they need. If you cut it all at once, it's all gone. Great to see them taking this approach. We're using it now on our land, too.

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Interesting to see how @durhamwildlife.bsky.social are managing one of the best grasslands in the Tees Valley (a LWS) and now one of their Nature Reserves. They have cut short, cut a bit longer and left islands of uncut amongst the cut areas. The other half of the site will be cut next year

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