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Carolyn B

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Astronomy, history of science, environment, video games.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thanks. 💮
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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some #fruits with a berry good view! Blackberries growing alongside the fabulous Fleet, and Hawthorn berries overlooking the spectacular sweep of Chesil Beach from a lofty vantage point on Portland. #WildflowerHour
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David Misstear @dmisstear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Herb-Robert, Corlea Forest, Co. Donegal. #wildflowerhour
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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In All Saints and St Mary de Castro churchyards, Leicester, this week: Fox and Cubs, Hedge Bindweed, Ox Eye Daisy (from a distance), Daisy (close up), Ragwort, Nipplewort, Sow Thistle, Dandelion, Cranesbill, Ivy Leaved Toadflax, unknown purple flower #WildflowerID, White Dead Nettle. #WildflowerHour
Twelve photos of flower in a 4 by 3 grid. Top row, Fox and Cubs (orange flowers), Hedge Bindweed, Ox eye Daisy from a distance, Daisy (close up, so the daisies look more similar in size than they really are). Middle row, Ragwort, Nipplewort, Sow Thistle, Dandelion. Bottom row, Cranesbill, Ivy Leaved Toadflax on a wall, unknown tall purple flower made of small florets, White Dead Nettle.
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026
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 NightsgadeChicory, 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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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yhorm the Giant by Tatsuya. www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/...
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#DARKSOULS3 DARKSOULS3!!! - tatsuyaのイラスト - pixiv
いよいよ!発売!!ですね!!!
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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Can be confusing when there's a flower surrounded by the leaves of a completely different plant! 😕😉
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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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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
No. Again the assumption that once past retirement age everyone becomes right wing. Also, it's censorship.
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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Saw it this afternoon. Hadn't noticed before how much the artwork for Vulcan looks like the work of Chesley Bonestell. Just been looking into it - it's intentional.
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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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Nick Willoughby/Royal Astronomical Society
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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Thanks. They're in the garden of a 16th century house which is only open on Saturdays, May to August.
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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Thanks.
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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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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Teasel 🌱 #WildflowerHour #Seedheads #PlantSky
Teasel seedhead
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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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Guido Bibra @guidobibra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Balcony Flowers 2026 #175 #photography #flowers #marguerites #daisies #flowerphotography #macro #macrophotography #bloomscrolling foto.bibra-medien.de...
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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 · 19/08/2026
It's a horseshoe crab, which isn't a crab. 🦀 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsesh...
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Horseshoe crab - Wikipedia
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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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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We are experiencing an issue and are investigating August 16, 2026 at 14:58 GMT+00:00 status.bsky.app
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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I used a card catalogue at a Record Office in the UK less than a fortnight ago.
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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
Orangey red Scarlet pimpernel flowers.
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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment Two more Small Coppers on Ragwort
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