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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks Jo - Yes, disturbed ground but scrubby woodland.

Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Soggy botanising in the lush Tyne Water Valley, Midlothian. Lots of flowers but only managed a couple of photos due to the rain Toadflax and maybe some type of rocket/mustard ? #wildflowerID #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour!! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised plants you’ve found blooming in the last week from across Britain & Ireland ☺️

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour! Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland. Got a mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from fellow botanists in the friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A wonderful #wildflowerhour tonight, the rain seems to triggering a second flowering for some of our wild plants! A warmer week ahead, let’s meet again next Sunday to see what is still blooming! Happy flower hunting! ☺️🌼🌿

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So I’m looking at leaves not flowers ! 😅😍 Thanks Jo

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ah - so leaves not flower/seed heads ! ? Thank you 🙏

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour! Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland. Got a mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from fellow botanists in the friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community.

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Joining in with #Wildflowerhour is easy! Look for wild & naturalised blooms from across Britain & Ireland during the week & then share Sunday 8-9pm!

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Patches of Sneezewort along the dirt roads in the Yair Forest, Borders @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A stunted Foxglove, a #ID ? near some Lady’s Bedstraw and a garden escapee Honeysuckle on the #BraidHills #Edinburgh @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm! So it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised plants you’ve found flowering across Britain & Ireland in the last week!

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For 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! 🥳🌿🌸

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Great to see all your lovely photos this evening; great also to see that some plants are getting a 2nd wind now they've had some rain! Which plants will manage to bloom over the coming days? Let's catch up next Sunday to compare notes! And look out for the next @wildflowerhour.bsky.social challenge!

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Corr!!! What an amazing #wildflowerhour!! Huge thanks to you all for brightening a soggy Sunday night with your gorgeous pics!! So many posts tonight, I’ll carry on reposting throughout the week! Not many challenges left now, keep a lookout for the next one! ☺️

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week & also any interesting #SeedHeads the theme for this week’s challenge!

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’ve seen this many times before on #wildflowerhour but not encountered it myself out ‘in the wild’. The toxic Thorn-apple, Datura stramonium has an interesting fruit, which is more of a seed capsule than a seed head and it looks like a weird spiky Sputnik!!! #SeedHeads

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Back to School lurgy has hampered botanising this week but this magnificent waste ground at Fountainpark Edinburgh was full of wildflowers including Wild Carrot #SeedHeads @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #WildFlowerHour - how are we protecting this wild place @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social ?

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Some 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!

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We are honoured to have the fabulous (and very modest) @markavery.bsky.social on the judging panel for Botanical Photographer of the Year alongside @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @jillwhitelock.bsky.social @amandatuke.bsky.social @theurbanbirder.bsky.social & 12 other amazing plant-lovers!

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Bob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Good show this year #fungi green elfcup

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’m in a pub in Derry🤪so here’s my gorgeous Bog Star for #Wildflowerhour Parnassia palustris, Grass of Parnassus, named after Greek cattle of Parnassus developed a taste for the plant! I like the Swedish Slåtterblomma which means hay-making flower, it’s a signal to bring in the harvest! #CommonNames

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour! Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland especially if they have quirky #CommonNames. Mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID if you'd like help from the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community!

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The #CommonNames of Artemisa vulgaris give some hints to its (mis🫣) use 😅 ‘naughty man’ ’felon herb’ !? AKA - The Midge Herb - Mygg Wyrt - Mugwort ! Here in profusion along the banks of the Water of Leith in west Edinburgh @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #WildFlowerHour

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A wonderful wildflowerhour tonight, lovely to see your finds for the #DaisyFamily challenge, isn’t it an amazingly diverse family! More hot weather forecast, what will you spot for #wildflowerhour next week, let’s meet up again next Sunday to find out 🥰

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This particlar Marsh Gentian had three open flowers and one bud waiting to open. A spectacular floral firework of blue erupting from the heath. And then, as the sun began to set, the open flowers began to close, until they were tightly wrapped up for the night. Sweet dreams! 💤 #wildflowerhour

A Marsh Gentian with three open flowers, plus one large bud. As the sun began to set, the flowers started to close until they were tightly wrapped up for the night.

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Trailing, Square-stemmed and Wavy-leaved St John's-worts in mid Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour Hypericum humifusum; H. tetrapterum and H. undulatum

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This was at a different location - so hairy !

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Mmmm well I spent a while with my fieldguide but my photos didn’t seem to show enough detail of leaves & the flower - so I was going by the lack of hairy-ness 🤓🤔😅

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Think this one’s Rosebay Willowherb, also Bittersweet, Purple Loosestrife, Water mint and Michaelmas Daisy found in the lush borders around Blackford Pond, Edinburgh #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Field Bindweed, Great (?) Willowherb, Mugwort (?) Yellow Toadflax, St John’s Wort & a Robins Pin Cushion gall which sneaked in 🤫😅 all on a disused Railway Walk Midlothian @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #WildflowerHour! 🎉 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised plants you’ve found blooming from across Britain & Ireland in the last week, especially if they are members of the #DaisyFamily, the focus of this week’s challenge!

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Australia has a completely different set of ecosystems to the UK. In Britain, you don’t fight fire with fire: you fight it with water. We have allowed landowners to comprehensively drain our peat bogs, remove farmland ponds, riddle landscapes with field drains. Make Britain Wet Again!

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Oh wow - thank you so much Jo @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social I’ll have a look 👍🙏

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Apologies for awful photo of possible D-F Cranes’s-bill - obviously impossible to ID ?😅 maybe this one shows stem better - hairs ? down ? 🤷‍♀️🙆🏼‍♀️ #wildflowerhour

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My favourite flower #ByTheSea this week has got to be the beautifully delicate Common Sea-lavender growing on Chesil Beach. Erect stems sprinkled with gorgeous purple flowers, interspersed with little white cups that tell of past blooms. A lovely flower in a lovely location. 💜 #wildflowerhour

Sea-lavender looking glorious on Chesil Beach today. 2.8.26

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

More #ByTheSea for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social ID a bit of a challenge for a couple 🤔 but the sun and salt brought out the pink all round - Rosa rugosa, Bloody Crane’s-bill, Yarrow, C Mallow, Restharrow ?, Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill ? 🩷🌸🌊 #WildFlowerHour #EastLothian

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Sea Rocket and Frosted Orache #ByTheSea on the beautiful East Lothian coast. #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Missed last Sunday’s #wildflowerhour as was returning from beautiful Scotland. One of my highlights seeing my very first Grass of Parnassus in real life in the hills over looking Loch Ness! A beauty. Himself in the Loch agreed!!

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A few blooms spotted for #wildflowerhour this week on a lovely family holiday in beautiful Northumberland! #ByTheSea

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour! 🎉 Please share the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted across Britain & Ireland in the last week especially if you found them #ByTheSea, the theme for this week’s challenge!

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

An impressive display of Greater knapweed close to the shore, Connemara. #wildflowerhour

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Lovely to see so many #wetlandplants for tonight's #WildFlowerHour. Many thanks to everyone who shared photos! Today is #InternationalBogDay2026 so a good opportunity to remind ourselves about the crucial importance of bogs for wildlife, for carbon capture & more: www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org

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Homepage | IUCN UK Peatland Programme

Homepage of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme providing an introduction to who we are and what we do.

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Can't recall ever seeing Carline Thistle in it's flowering stage before, always see the dried plants in Autumn and Winter. Here it is in all it's stunning glory, seen on Aberffraw dunes today #Anglesey #Wildflowerhour

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#wetlandplants for this week's #wildflowerhour 💦 🩷 Ragged Robin & marsh marigold from a damp #GlenFinglas in the Trossachs 🤍 Round sundew & bog cotton from Spinningdale bog at #Ledmore & Migdale In this weather are there any wetland plants thriving near you? #InternationalBogDay2026

Delicate pink wildflower with narrow, shredded-looking petals clustered along a vertical stem, set against a soft-focus green meadow background. A 'ragged robin' plant. Credit WTML.

A cluster of yellow flowers, each with 5 petals, growing from a rosette of green leaves in a muddy bog - marsh marigold. Credit WTML.

Close-up of round yellow-green sundew leaves with radiating red glandular tentacles tipped with glistening sticky droplets, several trapping small insects on rocky ground. Credit Kate Heightman / WTML

Low boggy heath at sunset dotted with white cotton-grass seed heads, sparse pine trees on the horizon and a wide blue sky streaked with peach-colored clouds. Credit Kate Heightman / WTML

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Jenny Harris @jnnyharris.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

There for the butterflies (lots and lots of them!) but couldn’t ignore Corn Mint (Mentha arvensis) in Grafton Wood, Worcestershire. With visiting bug, I think Red-spotted Plant Bug (Deraeocoris ruber). #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Shiny rusty red bug on lilac Corn Mint flowers.

Corn Mint flowering at the edge of a woodland ride.

Whorl of lilac Corn Mint flowers in the leaf axils of a pair of hairy leaves.

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