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Lana

@lamijo.bsky.social
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Mostly nature photography, especially wildflowers. Bit of art and history too. Durham born but living in Yorkshire. Interested in archaeology. Love a good map! 🦋

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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Lovely frog near my garden pond earlier. He/she was very chilled! 🐸 #natureGardens #frogs #wildlifePond #Yorkshire @froglife.bsky.social
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Pretty clear skies for the partial eclipse here in North Yorkshire. Birds were eerily quiet! #eclipse #yorkshire #PartialEclipse
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Lovely large hornet mimic hoverfly in the garden just now on the mint. Second one spotted this year! #hoverflies #hornetMimic #GardeningForNature #Yorkshire #mimicry @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Stinging nettles just now at the edge of a barley field in North Yorkshire #Wildflowerhour #sunset
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Sweet vernal grass along a bridleway in North Yorkshire #wildflowerHour #NorthYorkshire
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Knapweed looking fresh in the shade despite the heatwave! #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
First yarrow of the year spotted #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Cocksfoot grass looking pretty in flower.🌾 #Yorkshire #WildflowerHour
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Agrimony nestled in a grass verge #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Tufted vetch along a public right of way in North Yorkshire #wildflowerHour
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Poppy and scented mayweed along a grass verge. #WildflowerHour #SummerSolstice #Yorkshire
Bright red poppy surrounded by daisy-like flowers
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Spotted beside some arable land, not sure what it is! Google tells me it’s Lucerne which is a fodder crop? It’s quite tall about a meter. #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
Pale lilac small flowers
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The frothiness of meadowsweet, North Yorkshire #WildflowerHour
A tall creamy white flower alongside a country lane.
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Meadow Crane’s-bill still flowering well on the verges #WildflowerHour 🌸💜🌿 #Solstice #Yorkshire
A tall purple-blue flower nestled amongst the long grass
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Hemlock along a country lane, North Yorkshire #WildflowerHour
A tall umbellifer with fern like leaves on a grass verge
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Common carder bee (I think) on white or maybe Alsike clover, North Yorkshire 🤍🐝🤍 #wildflowerHour #PollinatorPals #30DaysWild
A small bee just taking off from a white clover flower
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Common hogweed #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
An umbellifer
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Foxglove at the side of a public right of way in North Yorkshire 🌸🌸 #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire 🌸🌸
A tall spike shape with bell like flowers. The centres are spotted
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Meadow Crane’s-bill with attending hoverfly #wildflowerhour #Yorkshire #pollinators #pollinatingPlants
A purple blue flower with a hoverfly perched on a petal
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Another one of the lovely poppies in the field. #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
A field of bright red poppies under a blue sky. Trees in the background.
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Scabious growing at the side of the lane. #Yorkshire #WildflowerHour
A delicate pink flower on a wiry hairy stem
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
One of my favourites, Fox-and-cubs that popped up #lawnFlowers #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
An orange dandelion like flower.
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Hedge Woundwort on a grassy verge #Yorkshire #WildflowerHour
Spike-like with tiny red flowers.
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Song thrush singing just now in the garden 🐦‍⬛🎶🎵🎶 #birdSong #SongThrush #gardens #Yorkshire
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Ground ivy looking a bit like little purple teddy bears! 💜🌿🧸 #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
Close up of 2 tiny purple flowers
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Poppies and cow parsley in an agricultural field. #wildflowerhour #Yorkshire
Blue sky, trees, grasses and red and white wildflowers
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
A field of buttercups at the end of a hot day #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire #heatwave
Buttercups against a setting sun
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Scented mayweed along the lane #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
A clump of yellow and white daisy like flowers along a country lane
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Lovely dog roses along the lane this week. #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
A single delicate pink wild rose
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Red clover has blossomed 🌸 #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
Red clover amongst tall grasses
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Slo mo of the bats in the garden this evening #bats #natureVideos #Yorkshire #moon #Twilight
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Crosswort with its tiny yellow flowers 🌼🌼🌼 #WildflowerHour #TinyPlants #Yorkshire
An upright plant with tiny flowers in the shape of a cross
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
A little copse filled with buttercups and daisies #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire
Lots of yellow buttercups and causes low in the grass. Trees in the background
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Fumitory on a patch of waste ground #WildflowerHour #UrbanPlants #Yorkshire
Pink Flowers with red tips.
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Phacelia escapee from an agricultural crop. #WildflowerHour #NorthYorkshire
A purple ‘spiky’ shaped plant  plant
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Beautiful poppies at the side of the road into town 🌺🌺🌺 #Wildflowerhour #urbanPlants #NorthYorkshire
Bright red poppies and yellow ragwort along a grey road
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Greater Stitchwort still in flower 🤍🤍🤍 #wildflowerhour #wildflowers #Yorkshire
5 petalled small white flowers amongst the grass
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Some little daisies that have sprung up in my garden. #wildflowerhour #wildflowers
Daisies - many white petals with a yellow centre.
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Some pretty speedwell for #wildflowerHour 🌿💜🌿💙🌿 #Yorkshire
Delicate purple blue flowers growing low in the grass
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Little Robin #SmallBirdSaturday #EuropeanRobin #LittleBirds #nature #birds
A small bird sitting on a branch in the late evening sun.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Not mathematically precise, but the older an English Bluebell is the more ‘bells’ they have It also takes FIVE YEARS for a seed to mature into a bulb & produce the 1st bell like this one As the bulb & root system increases in size it allows above ground growth to do likewise
A bluebell with one bell
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Ribwort plantain #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
A single plant - spear shaped with delicate white flowers
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The dandelions in the field have now gone to seed and turned into “clocks”. #WildflowerHour #Yorkshire #DandelionClock #FlowersOnSunday
A single dandelion clock
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Buttercups in the field this evening #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
Yellow flowers amongst tall grasses
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Pretty Hawthorn flowers #hedgerowChallenge #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
White flowers on a hawthorn hedgerow
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Bluebells at the side of a hedge #hedgerowChallenge #wildflowerHour #Yorkshire
Lilac coloured bell like flowers
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
One of the Holly blue butterflies in the garden finally landed! There have been a lot more than usual this year! #butterflyweek #HollyBlue #natureGardens #Yorkshire #Sunday
A side view of a small blue butterfly on a green plant.
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
First swallow of the year spotted this evening 😊 Some lovely birdsong in the background. #birdsong #swallow #birdwatching #Yorkshire #overTheHedge #summer
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Garlic mustard popping up everywhere now #wildflowerhour #Yorkshire
Medium height clusters of white flowers with large leaves
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Lana @lamijo.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Lots of dandelions! Lovely to see 🌼🌼🌼 #wildflowerhour #SundayYellow #Yorkshire
Large yellow flowers with trees in the background
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