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Heather Kelly

@ohnstadio.bsky.social
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Botanist, allotment gardener, natural historian and lover of all reasons to be outdoors. Teacher of plant science at Durham University.

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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, is definitely my favourite umbellifer... @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Pink Wild Carrot flowerWild Carrot flower from the back
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Garden bouquet of the day...
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Candy-striped Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, at Auckland Park yesterday #CountyDurham @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Red stripes underneath petals of Mouse-ear Hawkweed flowers
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Switched up my morning run and found two different orchids (I think) for Day 5 of #30DaysWild - Northern Marsh and Common Spotted
Dactylorhiza purpurella - Northern Marsh orchid
Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted orchid
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Enjoying the 'untidyness' of my allotment for Day 3 of #39DaysWild
Foxgloves and Welsh poppies in my allotment
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Enjoying the relaxed approach to managing grassland around the #UniversityofDurham campus for Day 2 of #30DaysWild
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Great way to spend Day 1 of #30Dayswild. Teaching the basics of plant ID to a group of #DurhamUniversity students happy to give up a day of post-exam down time 😊
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Northern marsh and Early Purple #orchids in Upper Teesdale this week #Wildflowerhour
Northern marsh-orchid, Dactylorhiza incarnata Meadow with Early purple orchids and Globeflowers
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
A meadow full of Globeflowers, Trollius europaeus, in Upper Teesdale this week for a Bank Holiday treat #Wildflowerhour
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Very happy to see this fellow on my morning run along the River Dee, evening if it's only a rubbish phone photo! #Curlew #Wildbirds
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Full of the #joysofspring. Wood anemones on Cardiac Hill, Durham today @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Still new species for find in our wanders around Pontresina - this time in the lovely Val Roseg. Masterwork, Field Gentians and Chalkhill Blue butterflies in abundance #NaturePhotography #Switzerland
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Some of the beautiful #alpine #flowers we’ve seen around Pontresina this week
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Can't think of anything lovelier than the mix of garden and wild flowers (aka weeds) growing around my pond at the moment #wildflowers #wildlife gardening
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
More #SignsOfSpring in High Wood, Durham. I suspect they'll be finished by Easter, when we get back from China, so making the most of them now @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The lovely bursts of sunshine which are Coltsfoot, at this time of year #SignsOfSpring
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Very happy with how the front 'lawn' is looking right now 👌
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Tortoiseshell butterfly on the ground
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Nothing really surprising for the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt but lovely to see the first open Hazel catkins of the year #wildflowerhour
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
A little bit of a round up of my #nature watching for the year... Onwards and upwards! heatherkelly.blog/2025/01/05/t...
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Good to hear that there are signs of life from the stump of the famous tree at Sycamore Gap! This took me a full year to complete but I'm very pleased with the result :-) #needlework #Hadrian'swall
Cross stitch image of Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's wall
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Today's lunch #smallpleasures
Home made bread
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is what happens when you give our church club kids a generous supply of tinsel. Can't wait to see the faces of some of the more staid members of the congregation on Sunday....
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Let's see how this works... My latest blog on how I try to connect to nature as much as I can, every day wordpress.com/post/heather... #Natureconnections #Botanicgardens #Fungi #Slimemounlds
Frosted Betula nana leavesMarsh marigoldAngel's bonnet mushroomsMahonia flowers
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Heather Kelly @ohnstadio.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Have finally found my way here having abandoned X some time ago, mainly in search of the lovely community that is @wildflowerhour.bsky.social! Marsh Marigold flowering unseasonably in my pond despite the recent cold weather.
Caltha palustris
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