Reposted by EmmaDurham Wildlife Trust @durhamwildlife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🍄🌊 Lovely little sand dune mushrooms. Dune brittlestem (Psathyrella ammophila) spotted at Crimdon beach. 🌱 This fungi feeds on the decaying roots of marram grass. 0244
Reposted by EmmaVenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 29/09/202629 September is Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael and All Angels. St. Michael, traditionally the celestial warrior who leads the fight against evil, is patron saint of soldiers, paratroopers and police officers. The Michaelmas daisy, or aster, is his dedicated flower. 39823
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Very very late for #Wildflowerhour 😔 Gypsywort, Orange Hawkweed and Marsh Cudweed this week @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0172
Reposted by EmmaJacob Wood @jacob-wood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hermaea variopicta (Fire-tipped Sea Slug) at Wembury Point today. A very rare Sacoglossan Sea Slug; just the 8th British record I believe! 426961
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Malvern Autumn Show has some lovely seasonal arrangements 000
Reposted by EmmaBSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026BSBI Scotland Officer Matt Harding gets excited about making new plant discoveries in the Scottish mountains! 😍😂 Despite having one of the best studied floras in the world, there is so much left to learn and discover about Scottish plants! #intrepid #BSBIMembers #100Plants2026 #WildFlowerHour 24911
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It has been an absolute pleasure to hang out with my Dallas for the last two weeks. He's a little star 🌟 000
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bristly Oxtongue, common enough in some places, rarer for me #Wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0162
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Black Bryony berries at my favourite nature reserve #Wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0233
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ivy at my favourite nature reserve #Wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0234
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A lovely grasshopper saved from a pond and an epic hornets' nest today 🥰 000
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today's view, plus bonus fungi. Can't resist a Shaggy Inkcap 😁 000
Reposted by EmmaDr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A couple of petals of Purple loosestrife hanging on in there and Marsh marigolds in flower at Anglesey Abbey this afternoon. #WildflowerHour 0477
Reposted by EmmaJo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026From a field of Lucerne behind my house this week, Yellow Star-thistle, Centaurea solstitialis #WildflowerHour 3889
Reposted by EmmaDr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026For the #wildflowerhour #favouriteplant challenge 2026, I'm probably going to choose this lovely patch of Coralroot #Orchids (Corallorhiza trifida) from the dunes of South Cumbria. They were absolutely magnificent 🥰 610311
Reposted by EmmaAdrian Brown @adrianbrown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Experiencing the carpets of wild garlic on Ashford Hangers at dawn was undoubtedly a #FavouritePlant moment from this #WildFlowerHour year 1428
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 13/09/2026All plants are equal, but some are more equal than others... 011
Reposted by EmmaAlex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Some York Groundsel Senecio eboracensis plants appear to have weathered the drought above ground, & are now in full flower. Good plants currently opposite York Station, convenient for the travelling botanist #wildflowerhour A #FavouritePlant of mine, having been involved in its de-extinction 0526
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My #FavouriteFinds of this year for #Wildflowerhour were Marsh Helleborine which was a new orchid tick for me, and then refinds in familiar and personally important places, Globeflower and the beautiful Radnor Lily 💕 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 1131
Reposted by EmmaRagged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 12/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukZoos help to save snail found in only one lake in WalesOnce prevalent across the UK, this mollusc is now only found in one lake in Wales. 042
Reposted by EmmaDemocrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I’ll take: Things you don’t see on Bluesky for $1,000, Ken… 591023280
Reposted by EmmaMarburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh my. This Clouded Yellow has just let me photograph it on my phone. Just look at the colour of its eye 😁 So glad this beautiful butterflies have turned up on patch this year. 421737
Reposted by Emmawildflowerhour @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! 🥳🌿🌸 28035
Reposted by EmmaEdward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is going to be brilliant. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social delivering the Reith Lectures. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...bbc.comRobert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in the 2026 BBC Radio 4 Reith LecturesThe acclaimed writer will argue for the urgent need to re-imagine humanity’s relationship with the living world, in order to shape a more hopeful future on Earth 22410
Reposted by EmmaLiz Louise @lizlouise.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Slender Hare’s-ear (Bupleurum tenuissimum) seen at an SRPG meeting near Avonmouth today. A scarce (and slightly underwhelming!) member of the carrot family #Fruits @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0203
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Noodle has had his hair cut and would like everyone to see it. 000
Reposted by EmmaEdward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is a pleasant discovery on R4extra. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social reading his book Underland. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...bbc.co.ukBBC Sounds - Underland by Robert Macfarlane - Available EpisodesListen to the latest episodes of Underland by Robert Macfarlane on BBC Sounds. 2519
Reposted by EmmaHenk-Jan van der Veen @henk-janvdveen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026What an incredible plant this is. Grass of Parnassus is spectacular in flower, but with its #SeedHeads, it’s absolutely stunning #WildflowerHour 05910
Reposted by EmmaDave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Six-stamen Waterwort from a semi dried up pond near Land's End today on a Cornwall Botany Group field trip. A new species for the pond not recorded here before. Last photo shows the aquatic form. A new species for me. #wildflowerhour Elatine hexandra 0323
Reposted by Emmamattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Potamogeton x undulatus. One of the most beautiful aquatic plants I've ever seen! Retains the characteristic compressed stem of the crispus parent. #wildflowerhour 1256
Reposted by EmmaDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Mountain avens, so glamorous. #wildflowerhour 3529
Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Last of the Summer flowers... Meadowsweet and Purple Loosestrife, Water Mint and Snowberry doing various things #Wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0204
Reposted by EmmaRoger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Don't often get the chance to compare Moon Carrot (L) and Wild Carrot (R) #SeedHeads. West Pit Cherry Hinton 🍒🏘️ #Cambridge today. #WildflowerHour 0152
Reposted by EmmaFriends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 27/08/2026‘Just as the Lorax spoke for the trees, so Rachel Morley speaks for the churches of England.’ This is what the historian Tom Holland said about our Director, Rachel’s, book ‘Church Crawling’, which will be published next Thursday 3 September. 5489
