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this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time

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Natural Historian @james99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Ivy flowers doing their thing at this time of year, feeding all the bees. Also helping a Red Admiral, temporarily woken up by the warm sunshine. #WildflowerHour

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Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Quick snaps on shopping trips etc in Bradford-on-Avon this week #WildflowerHour

Procumbent Yellow-sorrel (purple variety), Cyclamen, Autumn Hawkbit, White Dead-nettle, Dandelion and Black Nightsgade

Chicory, Fool’s-parsley, a gutter Buddleja, Wild Carrot, Welted Thistle and a Mayweed.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gorse, a Foxglove and a few Heather flowers, Beacon Hill, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. #WildflowerHour

Yellow flowers of Gorse, lower left. Upper left a tree. Lower right, grass. Upper right, Looking into the distance. Grey clouds in the sky. Beacon Hill, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire.

Lower left, Foxglove, with leaves to the right. In the background, rock strewn grass leading to a rock outcrop. Beacon Hill, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire.

Lower part of photo, a few Heather flowers. Middle ground, grass, leading to a rocky outcrop in the distance, which is slightly blurred. Beacon Hill, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Seen on Beacon Hill, Charnwood Forest, today. #FungiFriday

Fungus growing on the left side of a dead tree trunk. Not much of the trunk is left. It's about four feet tall. In woodland with silver birches.

Mushroom growing in grass. Not far from the top of Beacon Hill. A group of rocks are in the distance.

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Ann @slowrunner1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A carpet of Hawkbit in West Clare, Ireland. 💚🌱 #wildflowers #wildflowerhour

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment These borage blossoms have not quite decided whether to be blue or pink.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ragwort in Ely, visited by a Small copper butterfly. #WildflowerHour

A Small copper butterfly on a yellow Ragwort flower.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Leicester Cathedral churchyard today. Red Valerian, Buddleia (there were a few insects visiting the flowers), Traveller's Joy (couldn't get any closer because of a fence) and Canadian Fleabane growing at the base of a purple information board. #WildflowerHour

Four photos in a 2 by 2 square grid. Taken in Leicester Cathedral churchyard. Top left, Red Valerian, close up. Top right, Buddleia, close up. Bottom left, Traveller's Joy, from a distance. Bottom right, Canadian Fleabane, close up, growing in front of the base of a purple information board.

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Second growth of Common Ragwort with old stems defoliated by Cinnabar moth larvae earlier in the year #wildflowerhour

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Scarlet pimpernel flowering on the pavement in Ely. #WildflowerHour #PavementPlants

Red Scarlet pimpernel flowers and green leaves against a blurred grey brown background.

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My #favouriteplant moment of the year was definitely flying past these clouds of Oxeye Daisy and Red Valerian on my bike last May. Nothing rare or unusual, but just bright and bountiful and full of joy #wildflowerhour

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Seen this week near the River Soar, Leicester city centre: Shaggy Soldier, Yarrow and Ragwort. #wildflowerhour

Three photos in a montage. On the left (rectangle) Shaggy Soldier against a wall of grey bricks. On the right two photos (each square). Top, Yarrow growing in cut grass, now green again. Bottom Ragwort in front of long brown grass.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

For the past few years, in April, I've been going to Burroughs Wood near Ratby in Leicestershire. Carpets of Bluebells. Lots of Spring flowers, butterflies, birds... #wildflowerhour #favouriteplant

Bluebells flowering in a wood before the trees are in leaf, so lots of tree trunks. Blue sky at the top of the photo.

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Jim Blackler @blackler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Poppies on a sunny Saturday on the South Downs. #WildflowerHour

Bright red flowers against a blue sky and green foliage.

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Jim Blackler @blackler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Mayweed at the edge of a field on the South Downs. #WildflowerHour

A tangle of white flowers with yellow centres.

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David Misstear @dmisstear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Loads of polliantors enjoying the Buddleja around Dún Laoghaire at the moment, including this bumblebee. #wildflowerhour

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Elder, Sambucus nigra, and elderberries beside the River Cam with the Fens Line railway bridge in the background #Cambridge #WildflowerHour #Fruits

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Seen on a walk by the River Soar, centre of Leicester. Fruit of Elder, Dog Rose, Dogwood and Hawthorn. #WildflowerHour #Fruits

Four photos in a 2 by 2 grid. Top left, Elder berries, top right, three Rose hips, bottom left, Dogwood berries, bottom right Hawthorn berries.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A full-on week, fighting to #SaveUKAstronomy & PPAN from 30% funding cuts. There were highs (👇hanging out with fab-folk) & lows (@ukri.org trying to erase history in old Council minutes) but the amazing support & ❤️ from the wonderful wide astro-community makes it all worth it. Onwards and upwards 💪🔭

A group of smiling individuals outside Westminster.

Professor Brian Cox CBE (centre) is joined by, from left, Dr Robert Ferdman, Dr Estifa'a Zaid, Dr Becky Smethurst, Dr Melissa Uchida, Professor Catherine Heymans, Professor Chris Lintott, Dr Harry Cliff, RAS President Professor Jim Wild, Professor Jon Butterworth, Dr Linda Cremonesi and Professor Nina Hatch.
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GreenBeanJackie @greenbeanjackie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#wildFlowerHour some lovely seedheads from my garden: bee on a teasel, snakeshead frittilaries, dandelion clock

Colage of a bumblebee on a teasel, collection of snakeshead frittilary seedheads, dandelion clock

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Hiking Manchester 🐝 @hikingmanchester.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Chicory flowers on the Lincolnshire Wolds 🪻 #WildFlowerHour

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Haven't been able to identify the plants in first photo. Some leaves are visible, but shrivelled. Close up of seeds in second image. Cranesbill, Shaggy Soldier, ???, Rose Hip. #Seedheads #Wildflowerhour #WildFlowerID

Two tall plants with stalks with lots of small seeds. A few shrivelled leaves at the base of the stem. Whole plant is brown. Close up of seeds in other image consisting of four photos, bottom left.

Four photos in a 2 by 2 grid. Top, left, Cranesbill seeds, right, Shaggy Soldier by a wall made of grey bricks. Bottom, left, lots of small seeds on stalks on one plant, unknown, right, a single rose hip.

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#WIldflowerHour And finally, this week's pavement/roadside wildflower is Seaside Daisy which has somehow made its way up from the coast to live by a road, rather than the sea. But happily thriving as long as the council don't find it!

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Bittersweet flowers & berries. #wildflowerhour

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Abbey Park, Leicester. Buddleia, Daisy (on the ground), Canadian Fleabane, Trumpet Vine, Canadian Golden Rod by the lake with a Canada Goose, Ivy-Leaved Toadflax. #WildflowerHour #WallPlants

Six photos. 3 by 2 grid. Top row: Buddleia growing in the window of a ruined building (no glass, only the stone left, can see blue sky), close up of a Daisy, Canadian Fleabane in the window of the ruined building, Bottom row, Trumpet Vine on top of a wall, Canadian Golden Rod next to a lake with a Canada Goose on it in the distance. close up of Ivy Leaved Toadflax.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

From the replies to this post: The Blue Morpho butterfly is from Central America. Small Tortoiseshell butterfly numbers have declined massively in the south of England due to climate change. The photo of the cricket match was taken in 2017.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ragwort, Traveller's Joy, Angelica, Shaggy Soldier and Mallow. #WildFlowerHour #CommonNames

Five photos of flowers, four in a square and one in the centre. Top left, Ragwort, yellow, top right, Traveller's Joy, white, bottom left, Angelica, white, bottom right, Shaggy Soldier, small white flowers. Centre, Mallow, purple.

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David Tilsley @dntilsley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) doing quite in the drought conditions at National Trust Parke (nr. Dartmoor/Bovey Tracey). I was able to enter areas that normally would be far too boggy. Very nice to see a fresh Painted Lady butterfly enjoying these plants. #WildFlowerHour #DaisyFamily

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David Misstear @dmisstear.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Six-spot burnet moth on common ragwort, Co. Donegal. #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Chamomile in Watermead Park, north of Leicester. Abbey Park Lake, centre of Leicester: Purple Loosestrife, Canadian Golden Rod and, covering the lake, Yellow Waterlilies. #DaisyFamily #WildFlowerHour

Seven chamomile flowers, stems visible. There is a stinging nettle behind them, and a dried flowering grass in front.

View of a lake with a big tree top left. To the right of this tree is blue sky and more distant trees. In the middle ground the lake is covered with leaves, the yellow waterlilies are too far away to be more than a few yellow dots. There is a line of water birds at the edge of the lake, crossing the centre of the picture. They are too far way to easily tell what species they are. Some are Canada Geese. In the foreground on the left is Purple Loosestrife. Centre, Canadian Golden Rod. On the right is part of a fence.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Showing at the Phoenix, Leicester, this evening, both at 8.15pm. #2001 #odyssey

Screenshot from the Phoenix Cinema, Leicester, website, of films being shown today. On the left is 2001: A Space Odyssey. On the right is The Odyssey 35 mm. Both are showing at 8.15 pm.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Scarlet pimpernel at Criccieth today. #WildflowerHour

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment Two more Small Coppers on Ragwort

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Garden of Newarke Houses, Leicester. St John's Wort, Yarrow and Ox Eye Daisies. Didn't notice the white butterfly in the centre until I looked at the photos later! #WildFlowerHour

Three photos taken in the garden of Newarke Houses, Leicester. All are flowers still growing on a lawn which has been cut. The grass is very short and has turned brown. Left, St John's Wort. Centre, Yarrow with purple and white flowers. A white butterfly is top right of the photo. Right, Ox Eye Daisies, with a view of the house in the background.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Burdock, with flowers starting to set seed and a Common Blue Damselfly. #StillFlowering #WildFlowerHour

On the left is a Common Blue Damselfly, wings folded, sitting on a leaf. On the right, Burdock, with three flowers, the one at the top is setting seed.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Patrick Warburton and Sam Neill taking a hayride on the dish of the Parkes Radio Telescope in the 2000 film 'The Dish', (Apollo Moon landing, 1969).

Scene from the 2000 film "The Dish" about Australia's role in the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. Al Burnett (Patrick Warburton) and Cliff (Sam Neill) are taking a "hayride" on the Parkes Radio Telescope. They are sitting on the dish of the telescope, which is tilted downwards. The camera is behind them, showing them seated, looking over the Australian countryside.

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Henk-Jan van der Veen @henk-janvdveen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Fringed Water Lily (Nymphoides peltata) captured yesterday in our neighbourhood pond #AquaticPlants ##WildflowerHour

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Ben Thomas @benthomas-1983.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Common ragwort-Senecio jacobaea complete with a Gatekeeper butterfly, one one the few flowers hanging in there with the drought conditions. #Wildflowerhour

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Kate Gold @kategold24.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Greater Knapweed and Dwarf Thistle, on the South Downs near Plumpton #WildflowerHour

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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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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In the churchyard of Leicester Cathedral: Common Mallow setting seed, Ox-eye Daisy, Yarrow and Catmint. #WildFlowerHour

Square image made from four photos. Top left, Common Mallow, setting seed, flowers past their best. Top right Ox-eye Daisy. Bottom left, Yarrow. Bottom right, Catmint.

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My favourite climbers in the hedgerows, Honeysuckle, Tufted vetch & some Bramble. #wildflowerhour

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Foot printer 👣 @manifestthefuture.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Seen along the coastal path & on the beach today for #wildflowerhour Willow-herb dominating the meadow, angelica, sea mayweed, hawkweed among the other coastal plants, sea-rocket, & hogweed

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Lesser Spearwort at Wicken Fen #Cambridge poking through leaves of Silverweed. Confusing! #WildflowerHour

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Rosebay Willowherb with White Tailed Bumblebee (centre), Castle Gardens, Leicester. #WildFlowerHour

Photograph with purple Rosebay Willowherb in the centre. There is a White Tailed Bumblebee in the centre of the flowers. The trees in the background are slightly out of focus.

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