Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Autumn Hawkbit brightening up the local verges. #WildflowerHour 060
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Orange ladybird larva on an Ash leaf, which it favours. #WildWebsWednesday 181
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A few remaining flowers in a set aside margin: Wild Carrot, Red Clover, Hoary Plantain, Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Chicory, Alfalfa & Hawkweed Oxtongue. #WildflowerHour 0191
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Elm leaves with galls from mite Aceria campestricola #WildWebsWednesday 0110
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Seen out this week: Black Nightshade, Rosebay Willowherb, St John’s-wort, Spear Thistle, Scentless Mayweed & Common Knapweed. #WildflowerHour 0396
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Willow Emerald Damselfly on a Thistle seedhead. #WildWebsWednesday 0120
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thank you for sharing your favourite plants for the last weekly challenge of 2026! I do hope you have enjoyed them! We will be having a short break before the winter challenge starts but fear not #wildflowerhour still continues each Sunday 8-9pm, see you all then! 🥰 1778
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 10/09/2026For the last weekly challenge, we want to know what was your favourite plant that you’ve spotted from across Britain and Ireland this year? Share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #favouriteplant and we’ll celebrate it with you! 🥳🌿🌸 28135
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Where would Ivy bees be without Ivy?🐝❤️ #WildWebsWednesday 090
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#Fruits seen out this week: Horse Chestnuts (hope that counts!), Blackberry & Hawthorn combo, Blackthorn sloes, Elder berries, Wild Privet & *maybe* Bullaces. #WildflowerHour 1255
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hips, haws, nuts and berries! It’s starting to look a bit autumnal out there! So this week’s challenge is #fruits! Share your finds of wild & naturalised fruits for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy fruit hunting! ☺️🍒 212040
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Some wildflowers have seed heads that are truly spectacular! The challenge this week is to find some and then share your lovely pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #SeedHeads! Any wild or naturalised blooms you find too are of course always welcome! 213137
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hawkweed Oxtongue doing some heavy lifting for any passing pollinators #WildflowerHour 0302
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Does a chalk face count for #WallPlants ? I didn’t climb it, but zoomed in to see Bristly Oxtongue, Spear Thistle & St John’s-wort up there. #WildflowerHour 0312
Reposted by Lesley Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Bearing in mind Essex is already the driest place in the UK, and with rapid climate change now upon us… it will be the first place to see damaging infrastructure failures, water shortages and other impacts. Essex will be the first unliveable place in the UK. Great to see climate deniers in charge! 1108
Reposted by Lesley Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Surprised to find myself on the otherwise impressive panel of judges for Botanical Photographer of the Year, since I'm not much good at either photography or botany. So I should learn a lot, and am looking forward to seeing your photos (so please send some in!). 1344
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Walls may not seem the most hospitable of environments but the plants that can survive there can be surprising! See if you can find any flowering #WallPlants for this week’s challenge & share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm! 17423
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Gall on a Field Maple leaf caused by the mite Aceria macrochela #WildWebsWednesday 0111
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Yarrow, or Soldier’s Woundwort, gets both its #CommonNames and it’s scientific name (Achillea) from the belief that it healed wounds. This is likely true to some degree as it contains compounds that could aid clotting and be anti-microbial. #WildflowerHour 0160
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 13/08/2026For #Wildflowerhour this week find a wild or naturalised bloom with quirky #CommonNames! Pictured is Scutellaria galericulata, commonly named Skullcap, Hoodwort & Helmet Flower as the flowers were likened to the galerum worn by Roman soldiers ! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm! 07020
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 09/08/2026#WildflowerHour Celebrating #DaisyFamily heroes this week by showing them in situ. They are vitally important right now. Hawkweed Oxtongue 1/ 1101
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Think this is Lesser Water-parsnip. A first for me.😃Growing in the middle of a stream, so couldn’t get any better photos! #WildflowerHour 0121
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I never see Fluellens, but this week found masses of Round-leaved Fluellen covering the ground of a ploughed strip.😀 #WildflowerHour 0141
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Despite the recent drought many members of the Asteraceae or daisy family are looking just splendid. Perfect for this week’s #WildflowerHour! See if you can find one & share your pics this Sunday evening 8-9pm using the hashtag #DaisyFamily. Happy Asteraceae hunting! 010033
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Eristalis intricaria hoverfly enjoying Wild Marjoram #WildWebsWednesday 0100
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Red Bartsia seems to be having a good year at this ex-chalk pit site. 😃 #WildflowerHour 0162
Reposted by Lesley Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This looks v. positive 👏 But to be meaningful it has to lead to immediate ruling out of *any* new fossil fuel drilling, including Rosebank & Jackdaw & the urgent reinstatement of international climate finance. For more on climate as a security threat, see my podcast for @therestpolitics.bsky.social 824686
Reposted by Lesley Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Dunwich Heath fire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... On @nationaltrust.org.uk land, adjacent to @rspbminsmere.bsky.social, near RSPB/ @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Walberswick, close to Westleton Heath NNR @naturalengland.bsky.social Disposable BBQs petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...theguardian.comMajor incident declared in Suffolk as 90 firefighters tackle wildfire on heathlandSeveral people evacuated after ‘large-scale, wind-driven’ fire breaks out at Dunwich Heath near Leiston 41917
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 29/07/2026What can you find blooming along the coast? That’s the challenge this week for #WildflowerHour! Share your pics this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #ByTheSea! Happy flower hunting! 🌿🌸🌊 06924
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 29/07/2026One of the Ermine moths enjoying Ragwort. 💛 #WildWebsWednesday 0183
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 26/07/2026#WetlandPlants or at least damp loving plants, seen this week at a local NR: Purple Loosestrife, Angelica, Meadowsweet & Hemp Agrimony. Surprised they looked so healthy, so must still be enough moisture there for them. #WildflowerHour 1352
Reposted by Lesley Jane E. Hall @clothofnature.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Rather than trying to photograph all 61 wildflower species blooming here today, I thought I’d share a few of the flowers the butterflies chose instead… A Silver-washed fritillary on Greater knapweed, a Clouded yellow on Fleabane and a Small copper on Ragwort. 🦋🌼🦋 #WildflowerHour #NoticingNature 0354
Reposted by Lesley Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Torilis japonica, Upright Hedge Parsley Looking for the inverts that rely on this native annual as a larval host, I found 11 species. Each of them also use multiple other members of the family Apiaceae, highlighting the importance of the family for invertebrates. #WildflowerHour 17610
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The 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 110529
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 19/07/2026A little bit of Marjoram at a local ex-chalk pit. 😄 #StillFlowering #WildflowerHour 0241
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Ragwort and Thistle, two of the most reliable, and pollinator friendly, draught tolerant wildflowers. 💛💜 #StillFlowering #WildflowerHour 0335
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Phew it’s been so hot lately!This week’s challenge is to find those wild & naturalised plants that are surviving the drought conditions & are #StillFlowering! Share your finds for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm! 211336
Reposted by Lesley Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Thought this was the rare form of Wild Onion (Allium vineale) with almost all flowers (and just the one bulbil) which is the opposite of how I usually find it #WildflowerHour but now I'm doubting that the stamens are tall enough though I can't think of anything else it could be 3316
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Even the poor Water Mint is wilting. 🥵#AquaticPlants #WildflowerHour 0140
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 12/07/2026#WildflowerID Would appreciate any help with this St John’s Wort please. Leaves seemed to have hairs, but also spots. Confused as to whether Hairy or Perforate? Photos blurry.🙄 I can go back to look for any defining feature. In South Cambs allotment. #WildflowerHour 2111
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 08/07/2026With 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 💦🌱 26725
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Caterpillar spotted on Common Centaury. Not sure what species. #WildWebsWednesday 060
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A magical ❤️ set aside with Common Centaury, Yellow-wort, Wild Carrot, Pyramidal Orchid, St John’s-wort, Wild Basil, Marjoram, Lady’s Bedstraw, Fairy Flax, Greater Knapweed, Wild Parsnip and Red Bartsia, all intertwined with climbing Traveller’s Joy. #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour 0201
Reposted by Lesley wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Can 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! 19334
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Cinnabar moth caterpillar feeding on Ragwort. #WildWebsWednesday 1392
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Scarlet Tiger moth resting on White Bryony. #WildWebsWednesday 0171
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Scabious attracting not just a Honey Bee, but if you zoom in, also a Mirid bug and a very tiny wasp. #WildWebsWednesday 0173
Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Not in flower at the moment, but variegated Archangel frequently jumps garden fences around here. This one along a footpath behind houses. #InvasivePlants #WildflowerHour 1140
