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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 7h

A wonderful #wildflowerhour, huge thanks to all who shared pics! Still plenty in flower but with cooler weather on the way, will they still be blooming next week? Let’s meet again next Sunday to find out! 😉☺️

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 8h

Autumn Hawkbit, Scorzoneroides autumnalis, in a meadow at Runnymede this week for #WildflowerHour. It was proving a big hit with Clouded Yellow butterflies, which were all too quick for me.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 8h

Dewberry, Rubus caesius, in flower and fruit, at Runnymede this week for #WildflowerHour.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 8h

Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, in a meadow at Runnymede this week for #WildflowerHour.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 8h

Dwarf Mallow, Malva neglecta, at Runnymede this week for #WildflowerHour.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 13h

A Spiked Shieldbug at Runnymede. Fun facts according to my new Pocket Guide to Shieldbugs: it's the only shieldbug to overwinter as an egg and is so named because of the thorn-like shoulders on the pronotum. (Casually dropping in words like pronotum to give impression I know what I'm talking about.)

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 13h

*huge spider content warning* An enormous Four-spotted Orbweb Spider in her web at Miller's Pond. After this photo was taken she promptly scuttled off to her retreat to avoid any more paparazzi intrusion.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tree Spinach, Chenopodium giganteum, growing as a very colourful pavement plant outside the King's Arms pub in Egham. plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our annual membership special offer opens today! Join us this month to start enjoying 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12. Benefits to you: social/training/access/opportunities & more Benefits to our wild plants: in a changing world, your support is vital! bsbi.org/blog/2026/10...

A group of inclusive botanists stands near the edge of a lake in Aberdeenshire, pointing at some of the aquatic plants and sharing ID tips. Image: Ian Francis

A wet meadow in the Yorkshire Dales, full of Ragged Robin and other wild flowers. Image: Ken Readshaw

Julia Hanmer, BSBI Chief Executive. look up and smiles, surrounded by colleagues on an orchid-hunting trip in the Peak District. Image: Sarah Woods

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A classic #WildWebsWednesday at this time of year - an Ivy Bee foraging on an Ivy flower in the pub car park in Kenley where we had lunch yesterday. This was after a very interesting tour of the airfield led by volunteers from the Kenley Revival Project.

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Managed to get a bird on the #moon tonight.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica, at Sevenoaks Nature Reserve for #WildflowerHour this week.

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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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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had lovely views of a Goldcrest in Coombe Wood Gardens this afternoon. 😍

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Small Copper with interesting colour variation on the upper side of the forewings, nectaring on Common Ragwort near Bough Beech yesterday. Apparently abberation is fairly frequent in this species, and I am presuming it is an abberation rather than just being faded. #WildWebsWednesday

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

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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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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, at Dungeness last Monday for #WildflowerHour. Such a pretty plant.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ploughman's Spikenard, Inula conyzae, at Dungeness last Monday. #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No purple colouration at all on the florets of this very attractive Carline Thistle, Carlina vulgaris, at Dungeness last Monday. #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Two of my absolute favourites, Sea Campion, Silene uniflora, and Thrift, Armeria maritima, on the shingle at Dungeness last Monday. #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was out most of yesterday, and missed #WildflowerHour, so am posting my finds for last week a bit late. It was practically all gone to seed, but I was pleased to see the odd flowering plant of Nottingham Catchfly, Silene nutans, at Dungeness last Monday.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A beautiful Painted Lady, nectaring on Hemp Agrimony at RSPB Dungeness on Monday. #WildWebsWednesday

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Shoreweed, Littorella uniflora, in the draw-down zone, Ardingly Reservoir. plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thank 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! 🥰

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Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Favorite plant of 2026 ... probably this Field Cow-wheat on the Isle of Wight this summer. Those colours! #FavouritePlants #wildflowerhour

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My #FavouritePlant this year was the Harebells at South Gare on the River Tees Estuary in mid-July during the drought, because they were the sort of spectacular display of abundance and diversity that people go abroad for and we had it here in the Tees Valley #WildflowerHour

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Primula farinosa L, Birdseye Primrose, at Ashberry. A simple case of total adoration from the emergence in April of tiny, tight rosettes clothed in farina, to that day at the very end of May, for the sheer joy of witnessing its spread ... a very good year #FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Square-stalked St John's-wort, Hypericum tetrapterum, on the the edge of Mansion Pond, Wakehurst place this week. #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A #FavouritePlant this year is one I saw only a couple of days ago, Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium. I've been wanting to see it for ages, and so I was excited to see it on the edge of Ardingly Reservoir. As far as I can gather, it was introduced in 1979 when the reservoir was created. #WildflowerHour.

Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium, at Ardingly Reservoir

Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium, with Trifid Bur-marigold, Bidens tripartita at Ardingly Reservoir.

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Woohoo! It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🥳 Please share your pics of any wild or naturalised blooms you’ve spotted this week from across Britain & Ireland & also tell us what your #favouriteplant of 2026 was, the focus of our last weekly challenge!

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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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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Having been a member of @bsbibotany.bsky.social for several decades, this is a HUGE honour - thank you! And I’m thrilled that people love the book so much, and that it’s encouraged them to look at the plants we live alongside on pavements, walls & streets with fresh eyes #UrbanPlants

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Orange Balsam, Impatiens capensis, on the bank of the Wey Navigation at Guildford. #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The terrestrial form of Amphibious Bistort, Persicaria amphibia, on the bank of the Wey Navigation at Guildford. #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hop, Humulus lupulus, at Dapdune Wharf, Wey Navigation. #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Autumn Lady's-tresses, Spiranthes spiralis, Epsom Downs. #WildflowerHour

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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 show us your pics of any #fruits you have found for this week’s challenge! ☺️

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hips, 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! ☺️🍒

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hound's-tongue, Cynoglossum officinale, at Rye Harbour, for the #WildflowerHour #SeedHeads challenge.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Upright Hedge Parsley, Torilis japonica, for the #WildflowerHour #SeedHeads challenge.

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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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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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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've just submitted the manuscript for my next book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY. It's about the loss of England's chalk downland - a tale of flowers, fertility, fascism and freedom. Published by William Collins on 22nd April 2027; pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Photo shows the printed manuscript for my book, The Ghosts of Chalk Country, by Guy Shrubsole. Background shows a cork board covered in old postcards, photos and paintings of chalk landscapes, including some Eric Ravilious watercolours, and a postcard of the Cerne Giant wearing underpants.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A big ol' Volucella zonaria on Buddleja at Langley Vale for #WildWebsWednesday. Excitingly there was also a Hummingbird Hawk-moth, but of course I didn't manage a picture of that.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

WWT London is a designated Dragonfly Hotspot. Here are some of my spots from yesterday. Blue-tailed Damselfly Common Darter Migrant Hawker Willow Emerald Damselfly

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) in dunes at Newborough, Ynys Môn (Anglesey). Such a breathtaking and obliging little beauty, it always seems to present its flowers perfectly #wildflowerhour

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A lovely walk today along the Leeds-Liverpool canal whilst visiting my daughter & it made me very happy to see so much Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia in flower! Such a striking & beautiful plant #Wildflowerhour 🥰

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