Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Late for #WildflowerHour, Sea Aster, Tripolium pannonicum and #SeedHeads of Suaeda maritima, Hordeum marinum and Atriplex pedunculata at the last's only known UK site. 0201
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just into peak flowering of Ling Heather after the drought, at a heathland restoration site in #Essex for #WildflowerHour 0203
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026After some thought my #favouriteplant this year has to be Pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris for #WildflowerHour at Therfield Heath SSSI. 1484
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#fruits of Holly, Ilex aquifolium and Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus for #WildflowerHour at #WoodlandTrust, The Mores, #Essex 0163
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026#SeedHeads Wood Avens, Geum urbanum and Bird's-foot-trefoil, Lotus corniculatus for #WildflowerHour. Along with Common Knapweed, Lady's Bedstraw, Yarrow, Common Ragwort and Cat's-ear at St. Mary's churchyard, High Ongar, #Essex 0152
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My annual visit to see the reintroduced Marsh Sow-thistle, Sonchus palustris at a Thames-side wetland in East London for #WildflowerHour (unfortunately mistyped yesterday 😩) 1283
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Bell Heather, Erica cinera, Dwarf Gorse, Ulex minor and Ling Heather, Calluna vulgaris on a very dry heath in #Essex - late for #WildflowerHour due to Bluesky issues. 0221
Reposted by Paul FletcherNeil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Southern Migrant Hawker Dragonfly 0131
Reposted by Paul FletcherAlex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Costa Norfolk. Now, the only choice is whether a jug of sangria or a pint of wherry is more fitting 3243
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Lesser Calamint (Clinopodium nepeta) for #WildflowerHour surviving drought and high temperatures. St Mary with St Leonard church, Broomfield, #Essex 0162
Reposted by Paul FletcherJeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026BBC News - Crews tackle large fire on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCrews tackle large fire on Dunwich Heath in SuffolkSuffolk Fire and Rescue Service says 17 crews are involved at the scene of the large blaze. 275
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Common Restharrow (Ononis repens), Burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga), Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) for #WildflowerHour Special Roadside Verge on 'chalky boulder clay' in #Essex 0143
Reposted by Paul FletcherNicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Weather Report: a fanning breeze. An absence of forecast small rain. The Big Hill (after an absence of walking) as an old, old friend, in bleach blonde tresses. Fields we’ve never seen cut for hay before. The winds of [climate] change, felt in the countryside first. Emotional Weather: thoughtful 4595
Reposted by Paul FletcherRob Knell @robknell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Plunge-diving gannet composite. Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire, yesterday morning. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #seabirds 06612
Reposted by Paul FletcherRob Knell @robknell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Sunday evening at Bempton. A howling, cold Northerly was making it hard for the puffins to land so they were circling and making repeated attempts to get on the cliffs... making it easier to photograph them. #birds #ukbirds #ukwildlife #wildlife 1416
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Marginal #AquaticPlants for #WildflowerHour on the edge of an almost dried up pond. Purple-loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Greater Birds-foot-trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) and Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula). 0161
Reposted by Paul FletcherJeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 08/07/2026This is so outrageous. The Government wants to reclassify Coastguard Rescue Officers as "volunteers" so they can get out of paying them an hourly wage when they go out to save lives. Join me and sign the petition to demand the Government scrap plans to strip rescue heroes of their pay: 38d.gs/sh5438d.gsSave Our Coastguards: Scrap plans to strip rescue heroes of their pay!This is so outrageous. The Government wants to reclassify Coastguard Rescue Officers as "volunteers" so they can get out of paying them an hourly wage when they go out to save lives. Join me and sign... 02313
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A belated #nationalmeadowday for #WildflowerHour with Imperforate St John's-wort (Hypericum maculatum) framed by Betony (Betonica officinalis) and Common Knapweed (Centaurea Nigra) - my spell checker wanted to change Betony to Beyonce 🙄 081
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Archaeophyte and neophyte #InvasivePlants for #WildflowerHour, Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria) and Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica), #Essex 1301
Reposted by Paul FletcherJasmin LaBotaniste @labotaniste.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Think Juncus are boring? Look at this beauty and you might reconsider... Juncus jaquinii #wildflowers #botany 0122
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum) and Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) with Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) on an acid grassland lawn - not mine! #LawnFlowers #WildflowerHour 0282
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Pyramidal Orchids with Oxeye Daisies for #WildflowerHour #NoMowMay - meadow in #Essex 060
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Amenity grassland Red Clover, Trifolium pratense var sativum and Large-leaved White Clover, Trifolium repens for #WildflowerHour #Peafamily 0121
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Three 🟡 flowers for #WildflowerHour Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor), Yellow Pimpernel (Lysimachia nemorum) and Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon). @bsbibotany.bsky.social 1111
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Anyone @bsbibotany.bsky.social able to identify this please? Clump on edge of pond in LNR, Essex. Large leaves held upright well above water surface and five petalled yellow flowers. Many thanks. 100
Reposted by Paul FletcherWoodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Young tawny owls clamber about in the trees before they can fly. This makes their parents nervous, so they will dive-bomb anything nearby that might be a threat. This pine marten got the treatment at our #Kinclaven Bluebell Wood, but our Loch Arkaig ospreys have also been on the receiving end. 0144
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Obliging Orange-tip visitor to my garden today @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social 060
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Early-purple Orchid (Orchis mascula) for #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social #orchid #Devon 1143
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium) for the #carrotsandpeas #WildflowerHour challenge. #Devon road verge. 0163
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Shocking pink Red Campion found in a hedgerow #Devon #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social 060
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Early flowering Oenanthe 'croak'ata aka crocata (Hemlock Water-dropwort) for #WildflowerHour - roadside ditch #Devon 0284
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), Cowslip (Primula veris) and Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) at Therfield Heath for #WildflowerHour #Herts #SSSI #ChalkDownland 0335
Reposted by Paul FletcherDr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 25/04/2026That's clearly two thirds. 1455
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Possible Viola reichenbachiana var leucantha though had some traits of riviniana. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour 091
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Red Campion, Greater Stitchwort & Bluebell along a local hedgerow #Essex for #WildflowerHour - red, white and blue! 0130
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Common Cornsalad (Valerianella locusta) for #WildflowerHour #TinyPlants 060
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The unassuming flowers of a female Black Poplar (Populus nigra subsp betulifolia), clone 69 in #Essex for #WildflowerHour #BlackPoplar 0232
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Hyacinthoides non-scripta, #woodlandflowers - The Moors #WoodlandTrust #Essex for #WildflowerHour 0151
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 12/04/2026A white Hybrid Bluebell (Hyacinthoides x massartiana) #woodlandflowers at The Moors, a #WoodlandTrust wood in #Essex for #WildflowerHour 1182
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Wild Cherry (Prunus avium), #woodlandflowers #treeflowers for #WildflowerHour # Essex 0165
Reposted by Paul FletcherRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Saving your money on peanuts and suet, and instead planting up your garden for wildlife is also an option. After all, how much time does anyone actually spend *looking* at their birdfeeders? Donate those savings to groups/charities doing habitat creation instead, for real conservation benefits. 24011
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Primula veris for #CowslipChallenge at All Saints churchyard, Norton Mandeville #Essex, #WildflowerHour 0132
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Following on from last week's #treeflowers for #WildflowerHour here's Wild Pear (Pyrus pyraster subsp pyraster) in #Essex 0225
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 29/03/2026For #WildflowerHour #treeflowers here's a disease-resistant elm, probably Ulmus 'Lutece' (Nanguen) planted at Bobbingworth NR #Essex 0254
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna) for #WildflowerHour #storyplants - a herbalist treatment for herpetic whitlow (whitlow finger) - 'grass' being an old name for spring when it flowers - hence also verna #tinyplants #Epping #Essex 0131
Reposted by Paul FletcherRob Knell @robknell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Puffins are back in numbers on the cliffs at @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs. Took this at early o'clock this morning and hand-stacked the composite in Photoshop #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #photography #seabirds 1279
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 15/03/2026A curious lonesome Summer Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum ssp pulchellum) for #wildflowerhour #WhiteFlowers on a field boundary well away from any road or buildings, #Essex. 1245
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Woodland flora - Primula vulgaris (Primrose), Viola reichenbachiana (Early Dog-violet), male flowers of Mercurialis perennis (Dog's Mercury) and Ficaria Verna (Lesser Celandine) for #wildflowerhour at Roughtalley's Wood #Essex 0297
Paul Fletcher @paul-fletcher.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Sweet Violet - Viola odorata vars. dumetorum and odorata for #wildflowerhour, #Essex 0304