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New growth of Hemlock, Conium maculatum, flowering in the #Suffolk #Brecks today. #WildflowerHour

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A second flush of Flixweed, Descurainia sophia, in the #Suffolk #Brecks today. #WildflowerHour

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Wild Carrot, Greater Knapweed, Hawkweed Oxtongue & Filed Scabious revived by cooler damper weather at Wandlebury #Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

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Star survivor in the #Suffolk #Brecks today has to be the masses of Small Nightshade, Solanum triflorum, living up to its name with occasional sets of three flowers but lots of berries. Enjoys irrigation, some rain, and low enough to avoid agricultural activities. #WildflowerHour

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Black and Green Nightshade still flowering in irrigated fields in the #Suffolk #Brecks today. #WildflowerHour

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Most Henbane, Hyoscymus niger, gone to seed but just one tiny flower today in the #Suffolk #Brecks. #WildflowerHour

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Lucerne, Medicago sativa sativa, flowering and coiling its pods at the same time near Shaker's Lane #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk today. #WildflowerHour

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Chicory, Cichorium intybus, still in flower near Shaker's Lane #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk today. #WildflowerHour

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 6h

So you're related? Seeds of Common Lime, Tilia x europaea, and Hollyhock, Alcea rosea, both members of the Mallow family, Malvaceae. #WildflowerHour

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It may be past blackberry time but Bramble still had flowers in Natterer's Wood #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk today. #WildflowerHour

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 6h

Common Calamint, Clinopodium ascendens, still flowering but showing off its calyx teeth as well. Near Shaker's Lane #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk today. #WildflowerHour

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 6h

Confused Michaelmas Daisy, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii, in Natterer's Wood #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk today. ##WildflowerHour

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Abandoned a shopping trip this afternoon as I think there was a football match on and made for Wandlebury with just my iPhone to capture this stunning shot of a Clouded Yellow beating a hasty retreat (as usual). 🙄 There were three of them. #Butterflies #Cambridge @cambridgeppf.bsky.social

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Darren Underwood @dku1000.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Southern Green Shieldbug (Nezara viridula). At least 10 nymphs seen at Clare in West Suffolk (vc26) today. #UKBugs

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An exciting find at Blo' Norton on Thursday, the ground bug Rhyparochromus vulgaris. A relatively recent arrival in the UK. Appears to be the first record for Norfolk although I'm sure someone else will probably have beaten me to it!

A long, oval bug coloured in mottled shades of brown with a large black area at the front of the pronotum, a largely black scutellum and black wing membrane with a small white spot at the appex. There are small white patches on the edges of the pronotum and light patches in other areas. The legs are quite dark except the fore and mid tarsi which are pale orangey-brown. It is quite striking looking. The bug is sitting head uppermost on brown tree bark.

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ystery worm time! This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this worm, and I’m still none the wiser as to what it is. If anyone knows, let me know! #marineplankton 🦑🔬

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nuagedeparis1.bsky.social @nuagedeparis1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#steeplesaturday Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Èze, style baroque, l'interieur est actuellement en rénovation. // Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Church in Èze — a Baroque gem, the inside is currently under restoration. #FrenchRiviera

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Prof Duncan Westbury @duncanwestbury.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This year I’ve really seen the importance of this patch of devil‘s bit scabious so I’ve been collecting seed regularly and throwing over my recently scarified meadow strip in the hope of getting more in the future!

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Overlooked and overshadowed by the Ipswich waterfront Winerack appartments here's the tower of the late-15th century church of St Mary-at-the-Quay, now used by the River Church and in care of @visitchurches.bsky.social. #SteepleSaturday #Suffolk

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ouch! Something has taken a peck at this Firebug. One forewing seems to be missing (the red corium with its black dot and the terminal membrane) exposing the membranous hindwing. On a Lime tree in Christchurch Park Ipswich #Suffolk today. #Hemiptera #Insect #Anatomy

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Henbit Dead-nettle starting to flower again and I think these are the seedlings I saw at the end of august which appeared after the first rains at the end of the summer drought - which would be 4-5 weeks from germination to flower

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Up to 70cm. Leaves up to 5cm long and variably toothed. White flowers with blunt sepals. Shiny black mature berries.

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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A hundred year old red brick building with stone dressings in Ipswich erected as a Public Library, functioning today as… …a Public Library! 🤗 Inside there's a stained glass window depicting Geoffrey Chaucer, maybe when he popped in to see how his book was going. 😉 #Suffolk #Libraries

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This wooden font case and cover were added to St Botolph's, Cambridge in 1637 and completely conceal the 14thC font. It's a rather handsome construction. #FontsOnFriday

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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

BIG NEWS! Check out our brand new website and logo, designed by Livetech and now live at www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk

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Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This year’s Christmas cards are now available to purchase and we have two designs for you to choose from. From our Welsh churches, we have selected a photograph of St Anno’s, Llananno covered in a gentle dusting of snow. 1/4

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 02/10/2026

I think this is Dryopteris cycadina, Black Wood #Fern growing in Christchurch Park Ipswich #Suffolk today. #FernFriday

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Looking for an opportunity to gain practical conservation skills and meet likeminded young people? Join our Youth Rangers🌿 Our next monthly session is on Wednesday 28th October! 🫵 Aged 11-17 and want to get involved? 🔗 For more info & to book upcoming sessions check the events link below

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus. Lots at the base of Common Lime trees at Blo' Norton, Norfolk, yesterday. They have benefitted from the hot dry summer. I'm glad something has. www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/... #Hemiptera

Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus. Adults and nymphs at the base of a Common Lime tree.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The early 15th century font of St Mary-le-Tower aka Ipswich Minster and one of its lions. In 'continuous use for over 500 years' but having a day off. 😉 #FontsOnFriday #Suffolk

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Ace arthropod finder @vannabartlett.bsky.social doing her stuff at Blo' Norton, Norfolk today.

Searching for harvestmen & pseudoscorpions.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Before and after the sun came out in the garden, what I think are Pea Weevil, Bruchus pisorum, & Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius. #Coleoptera & #Hemiptera #Cambridge

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today, the first adult Southern Green Shieldbug, Nezara viridula, in the garden this year, on a Small Teasel seed head. #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Cambridge

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Did the downsizing, twice, of the door allow the addition of the down pipe or was it the other way round and the pipe made them reconsider the size of the door?! 🤔😉 All Saints church St Ives Cambridgeshire. #AdoorableThursday

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Prof Duncan Westbury @duncanwestbury.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The meadow has been cut, but this rogue field scabious continues to deliver!

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A Saxon window with long and short quoins high up in the tower wall inside St Bene’t’s church #Cambridge (oldest building in the city) with 19th century glass depicting St Benedict (without apostrophes!) #WindowsWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday

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First seen flowering at the end of July and still in bloom this week along a footpath near the River Nene, a whole group of a very beautiful Common Mallow - probably cv Mauritiana. Possibly someone scattered some seed but it's long way from any houses. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A flower of Common Mallow Malva sylvestris with intensely deep purplish-pink petals, probably cv Mauritiana, flowering this week

A flower of Common Mallow Malva sylvestris with intensely deep purplish-pink petals, probably cv Mauritiana, at the end of July

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Tim Holt-Wilson @timholtwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Late-Glacial period in Holland - a landscape studded with ice mounds 20 m high. Here is a cool landscape video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBmd.... Introducing a new word #pingoruins ! East Anglia is different: we have clusters of much smaller pingoid landforms here. #periglacial #Doggerland

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Ontstaan van pingo's en pingoruïnes

YouTube video by Provincie Drenthe

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Sloe Bug aka Hairy Shieldbug nymph on White Deadnettle at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk on Sunday. #WildWebsWednesday #TrueBugs #Hemiptera

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Surprised to see Southern Green Shieldbugs, Nezara viridula, on Small Teasel, a change of diet from runner beans! #WildWebsWednesday #TrueBugs #Hemiptera

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