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Anna

@drannaspanna.bsky.social
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Love wildflowers and the natural world ‘Whenever we think of home we come to this: the handful of birds and plants we know by name’ Burnside

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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Is this a young red deer perhaps? TIA 🙏🏽
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Can I have an ID please? Northern Marsh or a hybrid? In a quarry in North Yorkshire. @naturelark.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
An incredible amount of swifts here this year, the most since I moved in 8.5 years ago. Delighted 🤩 @rspb.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Meadow walk
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Two swans having a rest in the field on a blustery afternoon 😌
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The swallows have returned to the Wenning Valley 😍
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Interesting @theguardian.com country diary today from a regenerative arable farm in Lincolnshire, by new diarist Colin Chappell. #countrydiary #naturewriting
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Country diary: Cropping season this year brings a new worry – fuel prices | Colin Chappell
Brigg, Lincolnshire: The peas are in and next up are maize and wildflowers, but with our fuel use running to 50,000 litres a year, I have one eye on the news
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
What a joy to celebrate the county #flower of #Hertfordshire in my @theguardian.com country diary today. #naturewriting #countrydiary
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Country diary: The rise of the rare pasqueflower is my Easter miracle | Nic Wilson
Therfield Heath, Hertfordshire: Soft and felty beyond belief, these springtime tremblers are also highly scarce – yet here are tens of thousands of them
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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
My #dontmow lawn delivering for #pollinators & providing beauty & colour from early spring.
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Not the best photos but the first Cardamine pratensis I’ve seen this year @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Best thing I’ve seen all day ❤️
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A blurry lesser celandine, first one I’ve seen but there were lots out and some quite ragged @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
When S&F make a chocolate cake
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A beautiful 6 mile walk along the shore and up Arnside Knott today
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Does your beloved love wildflowers almost as much as they love you? And you're giving them a bouquet (that will be dead after a week) for #ValentinesDay? Gift them BSBI membership instead! Unlock the joys of real live British & Irish wildflowers for them for the whole year: bsbi.org/about/member...
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Hurry up spring #riverwenning
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Winter is all about baking
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Jungle wildlife #Peru
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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A sample of the hundreds of butterflies that were nectaring on Devil's bit scabious in extensive local meadows, these places are invaluable for wildlife.
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Late summer (Geranium pratense)
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Swallows, swallows everywhere
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Jungle life #Tambopata
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I may never come home again #peru
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Andean condors in Colca canyon #Peru
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Some more interesting finds from Colca Canyon today #Peru
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Always time for a bit of botanising #Peru #ColcaCanyon
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Flowering in Arequipa #Peru
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Sea lions, dolphins, Peruvian boobies, vultures, Inca terns, cormorants, Humboldt penguins
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Vultures…#Lima #Peru
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Beautiful Lima, with vultures circling overhead
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
More from the garden…
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Some new and established plants in the garden this year
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, everything is flowering so early! @ukorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
A wonderful morning of wildflowers @ukorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
When you think you’ve seen everything there is to see on your doorstep, then you find these…. 🥰 (Epipactis palustris) @ukorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Brew on the doorstep and swifts, a perfect start to the day
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Stachys palustris and Betonica officinalis in white 🤍 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Lovely quiet evening walk with ragged robin and bitter vetch @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Please can I have an ID for this St John’s wort found on North Uist. #wildflowerID @naturelark.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @botanybeck.bsky.social @sylvatica2024.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Everything is so early this year, all the willow herbs are coming into flower already. Found some lovely goatsbeard but didn’t get a good photo of it @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Awake at 5.30, out the door for a 6 mile run/walk by 7. Oh and I fell in the mud 🙄
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Making an effort to get out with the watering can every night has really paid off this year
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Swifts, swifts everywhere. Never seen so many flying over my head. Almost close enough to touch 🥰
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Mullein moth caterpillars, so cool 🐛
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Common spotted, of course 🙂 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Daucus carota 😌 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus) and silver ragwort (Jacobaea maritima) oh and a fox in Parkstone cemetery @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
What an awesome evening walked miles along the beach
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Beautiful Bournemouth, it’s so good to be back. Happy with the view from my hotel room and looking forward to a run along the beach tomorrow morning 🙂
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Anna @drannaspanna.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Stachys sylvatica @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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