Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I love the idea that on those tiny mushrooms, even smaller fungi might take hold, and so on, getting ever smaller...... 🍄🟫💛 010
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Lovely photos, Rebecca! 😍 And the exact same thing happened to me. 😅 I just love this time of year. 🍄🍄🟫💛 110
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A fungi-tastic walk today at Powerstock Common, Dorset meant I was in the same boat as @botanybeck.bsky.social with my phone full of #fungi pics! 🍄🟫🍄 Love the diversity of fungi, and so excited to find the fruiting bodies of Green Elfcup - just look at that colour! 😍 #wildfungihour #wildflowerhour 1412
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026With the season progressing I find myself out in the gorgeous evening light more often as I squeeze the most from the shortening days. This Knapweed looked so beautiful. I love the fringed bracts of the involucre that hold those fabulous unruly purple petals in place. Just lovely.💜 #wildflowerhour 21239
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Looking lovely yesterday, was this gorgeous Teasel silhouetted against the evening sky. 😍 The top was missing on one, providing a great opportunity to inspect the internal structure of these prickly #seedheads. Turns out they are hollow in the middle & form a lovely radial pattern. #wildflowerhour 16511
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The coastal walk from Keyhaven to Normandy Marsh, Hampshire is always invigorating and there was much to enjoy there yesterday. I was particularly drawn to this flowering spike of Sea Aster, with the mirror-like Solent behind. An hour later, the tide had retreated leaving only mud! #wildflowerhour 01297
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Is it just me, or does the Ringed Cascader sound like a superhero?! 😂 130
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026That's incredible! ☔ And isn't the sound of rain wonderful! 😀 Especially after so long with so little. Very welcome indeed. 🎵 "I'm only happy when it rains..." - Garbage 110
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So lovely to see that the Golden Plover are back, they are a wonderful sight. 😍 010
Reposted by SarahJon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Inspired by @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social's recent Small Copper variation collage, I thought I'd share two different subspecies seen in the past year, from populations many miles apart - phlaeoides from Madeira, and polaris from Arctic Norway. @europebutterfly.bsky.social 1436
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Oof, they are gorgeous, Jon! 😍 Love a Small Copper and your pics make me think I should try to see some of these beautiful subspecies for myself. Stunning. 🧡 020
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A teeny and rather cute baby #fungi nestled in the grass on Portland, with the delightfully named rock pillar, Nicodemus Knob, looming in the background. Happy #fungiFriday 🍄🟫💛🍄 #fungifriends 0180
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm so glad you posted your pics, Phil. I've just got home from enjoying watching this lovely bird myself. Nice to now be sat with a cup of tea, warming up, and able to enjoy it all over again. 😍 110
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oooooooooh, thanks, Dave, I hadn't even considered fungi / slime mould possibilities! 🫣 What a charming name too!! 😂 I'll have to go back for a closer look. 🕵️ 120
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Can anyone help with identifying this, please? I assume it's some sort of protective cocoon, but for what #insects, I just don't know. Quite a large mass, attached to a stem of Agrimony at Lorton Meadows in Weymouth. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #wildwebswednesday #insectthursday 191
Reposted by Sarahsamcannonart @samcannonart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's national badger day today. If you've been lucky enough to see one (alive), you'll know how amazing they are. I have a few times, including a cub this year. Treasure them 🦡❤️ 39227
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Aww, thank you so much, Marti. 🫶 I'm still chuckling about that rock face. So glad you pointed it out. 😂 110
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Somehow, I'd not even noticed the face!! Now it's all I can see. 😂 230
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It was glorious weather to enjoy a breathtaking walk along the cliff tops to Old Harry Rocks, Purbeck today. This Hawkweed was perched right on the cliff edge peeping over at the sparkling blue sea below. #wildflowerhour 0320
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Exploring King Barrow Quarry, Portland I walked along a deep channel betweeen the rocks and saw an incredible tree doing what nature does best - finding a way to survive in tough conditions. As the walls opened up, I spotted this beautiful Ivy Broomrape nestled in a secluded corner. #wildflowerhour 1584
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Some #fruits with a berry good view! Blackberries growing alongside the fabulous Fleet, and Hawthorn berries overlooking the spectacular sweep of Chesil Beach from a lofty vantage point on Portland. #WildflowerHour 0201
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Some heavenly heather for #wildflowerhour - both the hot pink Bell Heather and the more pastel toned Common Heather. I'd not realised before what prominent styles Heather has - very perky indeed, all the better for ensuring pollination I guess. 🩷 And a stunning Red Banded Sand Wasp an added bonus. 0301
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A bonus transect walk at Lorton Meadows yesterday - still lots of Clouded Yellow, incl helice. And some very smart, fresh looking Small Copper, aside from the one pictured left, centre row, who, though faded and raggedy was still full of feisty Small Copper energy. 🦋 @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social 1211
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A beautiful collage 😍, and so exciting to hear that Dorset's fungi are starting to put in an appearance. 🍄🍄🟫 010
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Congratulations on your published article. 👏 I used Google Translate to read it, very interesting. It's still feeling hot and dry here on the south coast. We had a short burst of torrential rain just as I was going out on Wed - got in my car & couldn't actually remember how to turn the wipers on! 😅 100
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Happy #FungiFriday! 🍄🍄🟫 I enjoyed a wonderful tranquil walk in the woods last weekend. Still very warm & dry in Dorset but some #fungi emerging now, particularly russula, with the promise of more to come as autumn progresses. Some lovely brackets too, including this Blushing Bracket. 😍 #FungiFriends 1210
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great photo! 😍 The patterning of the eyes is incredible to see. 010
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ooh, I saw this really lovely Red-banded Sand Wasp too, at Higher Hyde Heath Dorset at the weekend. 😍 0110
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some fab #insects seen over the last week incl Long Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Grey Bushcricket, Common Groundhopper, Devils Coach-horse Beetle & ?? Beetle, Small Heath, Common Blue, Small Copper & Clouded Yellow butterflies & a gorgeous Dragonfly from last month. #wildwebswednesday #insectthursday 2260
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What a treat to have such a good view. 😍 Thanks for sharing. 110
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My favourite flower of the week was this tiny (and rather appropriately named) Small Scabious. Perched up on an exposed plateau at Tout Quarry, Portland, the stem of this diminutive specimen was just 1.5cm tall (about the width of my finger) topped with a gorgeous purple flower. 💜 #wildflowerhour 37510
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For the #wildflowerhour challenge a couple of weeks ago, I was very taken with the #seedheads of Agrimony. On Thursday they caught my eye again. Now deep red to brown - still beautiful but the dry brown ones are now ready to travel and these hooked burrs seem particularly attracted to my socks! 😂 0392
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For #wildflowerhour today, I thought I'd compile a collage of the cheeriest yellow flowers I've seen this week - floral sunshine for a grey day. Here are Autumn Hawkbit, Agrimony, Gorse, Common Toadflax, Creeping Buttercup, Ragwort, Bristly Oxtongue, Tormentil, Bird's-foot Trefoil and Fleabane. 💛 0334
Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thank you, Henk-Jan. Was fascinating to witness this interaction and great to now understand it. I must admit the romantic in me was hopeful of a fairytale ending for them. But hopefully he got the message eventually and found himself a more receptive partner. 010
