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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Many thanks Ray, I will look out for it.

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Another absolute Beauty Cors Goch NNR. Ruby-Red flowers of Marsh Cinquefoil Comarum palustre, pointed star-shaped sepals much broader than inner petals. Roots stay submerged underwater. Regarded as Great Nectar rich source for Bees @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Stunning butterflies, Ray, hope to see them one day.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We have a vacancy for a Trustee to join our Board & contribute towards the future direction of our charity. Interested? You'd join friendly fellow Trustees such as @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social & @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social in making a real difference for plants & people bsbi.org/about/people...

BSBI Trustees Trevor and Nicola looking very happy at the 2025 British & Irish Botanical Conference, with copies of Trevor's 'Urban Plants' book

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Lovely to meet you too Ray, I'm very well thanks, hope you're keeping well too. 😊

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) still flowering in the drought, other common names include 'butter and eggs', 'hen and chickens', 'crow's foot', 'crowtoes', and 'fingers and thumbs'. #CommonNames #wildflowerhour

Vibrant yellow, slipper-like flowers of Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A new challenge this week for #WildflowerHour, hope you enjoy it! Any wild or naturalised bloom that you find, squirrel out those evocative common names, the quirkier the better!

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Open letter to the Prime Minister on new North Sea drilling 📢 Prof. Kevin Anderson & other Tyndall Centre scientists at the University of Manchester have urged Andy Burnham to rule out further development of the Rosebank/Jackdaw fields: buff.ly/aGbyTqM

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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#WildflowerHour. Autumn hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis) Peradyl yr hydref providing some colour on a parched grass bank yesterday.

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some quite tall Common Spike-rush in a gigantic bed of them at Stithians Reservoir, Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour Eleocharis palustris

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Jeremy Sanders @jeremyjem.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Two collages of #wetlandplants in N. Wilts. for the #wildflowerhour challenge on #InternationalBogDay2026. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Left column: Marsh Thistle, Creeping Thistle & Silverweed.
Centre column: Wild Angelica & Square-stalked St John's-wort.
Right column: Hoary Willowherb, Water Figwort & Meadow Vetchling.

Top row: Bittersweet, Hemp Agrimony & Brooklime.
Middle row: Lesser Water Parsnip & Purple Loosestrife.
Bottom row: Marsh Woundwort, Meadow Sweet & Water Mint.

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Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Three Clustered Bellflower from today’s #WiltsBotSoc meeting on the National Trust’s Stonehenge arable reversion sites - a very impressive selection of chalk grassland species in the fields where reversion began a fair few years ago. And a cool breeze too! #WildflowerHour

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Ria @rianor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ragwort in the morning sunlight #WildFlowerHour

Yellow Ragwort flowers in the morning sunlight

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Marsh Woundwort, Purple-loosestrife & Water Mint at Lockington Marshes, Leicestershire. #wetlandplants #wildflowerhour

Purple flowers of Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris).

Purple-loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in flower.

Lilac flowers of Water Mint (Mentha aquatica).

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The theme for this week’s #wildflowerhour challenge is wetland plants. So have a mosey in your local marsh, mire, bog, fen and see what you can find! Share your pics this Sunday 8-9pm using #wetlandplants #InternationalBogDay2026

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Dr Victoria Xiaoxiao Ma @victoriaxiaoxiaoma.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Some of my favourite wild flowers found in Brockdale Nature Reserve: field scabious, ragwort, rosebay willowherb, and knapweed. #wildflowerhour

Rosebay willowherb. Dreamy, summer, romantic

Love this! Some old knapweeds turn silver. Like mirrors, they shine under the sunlight! Magical!

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Ria @rianor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Hemp Agrimony is starting to flower this week #WildFlowerHour

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Laura McKee @lauramckee.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Gatekeeper butterfly visiting ragwort. #WildflowerHour

Bright yellow many petalled ragwort visited by gatekeeper butterfly with wavy patterned underwing and a black eyespot with two white dots.

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The beautiful Ivy-leaved Bellflower #StillFlowering on the Bodmin Moor today (2nd photo from Dartmoor yesterday) for #wildflowerhour Wahlengbergia hederacea

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Harebells looking 😍 in their thousands amongst a parched landscape of old sand dunes at South Gare (River Tees Estuary) #StillFlowering #WildflowerHour

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Scentless Mayweed and Meadow Crane's-bill #StillFlowering in a Lammas meadow by the River Soar, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour

Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum) in flower.

Meadow Crane's-bill (Geranium pratense) in flower.

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Big Butterfly Count 2026 is here and butterflies need our help! 🦋 From now until 9 August, spend just 15 minutes outside counting the butterflies you see and help us take nature's pulse. The best part? Anyone, anywhere can take part. Count yourself in 👉 butrfli.es/3SVFepj

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Dr David Cockburn @nature-in-charge.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Allowing extensive patches of wildflowers to grow in your garden brings associated rewards: 3 insects seen this year in Leeds garden that are strongly associated with Hedge Woundwort - Stachys sylvatica #WildflowerHour 1/4

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Eirian @miltonei.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#wildflowerhour Happy to see harebells bobbing in the breeze up on the Chiltern escarpment today. An early morning walk before it got too hot.

A group of pale blue, bell-shaped flowers on thin stems - harebells. Some of the flowers are open while others are in bud, and a few flowers have already wilted and are shrivelling up. One stem can have several flowers at different stages.

Another group of harebells, showing open flowers, new buds, and older, shrivelled flowers. A bit chaotic to photograph, especially as it was windy.

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anneontheshelf.bsky.social @anneontheshelf.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#WildflowerHour Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria scents my walk along the River Wye near Monmouth.

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Jeremy Sanders @jeremyjem.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Second of two posts of #AquaticPlants (in and beside water) in N. Wilts. for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Left column: Branched Bur-reed, Fool's Watercress & Watercress.
Centre column: Great Willowherb & Water Figwort.
Right column: Bittersweet, Blue Water-speedwell & Brooklime.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

White Waterlily, Nymphaea alba, reflecting the sun in Hobson's Conduit #ChalkStream #Cambridge #AquaticPlants #WildflowerHour

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Marsh Cinquefoil, Comarum palustre, flowering in the ditches of Wareham Common yesterday #wildflowerhour

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Fool's Watercress growing in shallow water of the River Sence, Leicestershire. #AquaticPlants #wildflowerhour

Fool's Watercress (Helosciadium nodiflorum) in shallow water of the River Sence.

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Calling all plant photographers (and anyone with a camera phone and a bit of a sense of aesthetics): The 2026 Botanical Photographer of the Year competition is open for entries! bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Relaunched with a 16-strong judging panel, plus Young BPotY categories as well! Get snapping 📷😁

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Giant Bellflower at West Tanfield, a plant so exotic-looking people often wrongly assume it's a garden escape. The first British record was by Gerard: "In the yeere 1626 I found it in great plenty, growing wilde upon the bankes of the River Ouse in Yorkeshire, as I went from Yorke to visit Selby".

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

With warmer temperatures forecast for the end of the week hopefully you’ll appreciate a watery theme for this week’s challenge! Find wild or naturalised aquatic plants in bloom and share for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #AquaticPlants 💦🌱

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Great meeting at Grace Dieu Wood and Priory by Leicester Botany Group last weekend led by Vice-County Recorder Stephen Woodward, botanical highlights included Giant Bellflower (Campanula latifolia). @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Leicester Botany Group members walking through ancient woodland at Grace Dieu, NW Leicestershire.

Giant Bellflower (Campanula latifolia), status is local in Leicestershire & Rutland.

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Kate Gold @kategold24.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Nice to see Sneezewort and Betony beside a local footpath, Plumpton Green, East Sussex #WildflowerHour

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Ria @rianor.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A new wildflower! Wood Sage flowers have been appearing #WildFlowerHour

Clusters of white Wood Sage flowers with red stamens

Clusters of white Wood Sage flowers, with some of the wrinkled leaves visible below

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Joni Cook @cookjonil.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Honeysuckle scrambling along a hedgerow, Leicestershire. #ClimbingPlants #wildflowerhour

Close up of Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) flowers.

Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) climbing along a hedgerow.

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Can you find a flowering wild or naturalised plant that has a climbing habit?! 🧗That’s the challenge this week for #wildflowerhour! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm!

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This year's @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Conference should be a great event! Want to find out more about BiPS? Check out this talk by Professor @yoselin.bsky.social, the network founder: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSu... Save the date & location: 30 October, Guildhall, York