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@sarahrubalcava.bsky.social
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Nature lover, emphasis on wildflowers. Interests include heritage, sustainability, gardening and the simple, beautiful things of life.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A bit of a sunset in Ely this evening.
An intense orange pink and grey blue striped sunset above silhouetted trees and rooftops.
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Very pretty but invasive Snowberry in the local hedgerows #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Last of the Yarrows in flower on the laneway #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One Dandelion out in flower with a click nearby #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On a stroll Ling. Ox-Eye Daisy and Field Forget Me Not #wildflowers
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s been a while #butterflies a female common blue on a bright yellow Cat’s Ear #wildflowers
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A Painted Lady enjoying the Knapweed in our mini wildlife Meadow. Such a stunning butterfly… the patterns on the undersides of their wings reminds me of stained glass windows
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I believe Wild Angelica #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Loads of Lesser Knapweed in flower on the laneway this week. Attracting loads of pollinators too. #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Missed last Sunday’s #wildflowerhour as was returning from beautiful Scotland. One of my highlights seeing my very first Grass of Parnassus in real life in the hills over looking Loch Ness! A beauty. Himself in the Loch agreed!!
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
My first in real life Grass of Parnassus in the hills over Loch Ness. #wildflowers #scotland #lochness
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Field scabious for #wildflowerhour and my last one I hope for my 100 sps herbarium. Loads of newspapers used!
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Nearly there for my 100 sps wildflower herbarium. #wildflowers
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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We have submitted our recommendations for Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan — over 300 actions calling for real political leadership, proper funding, and transparent delivery to restore farmland, rivers, coasts, forests and towns for nature and communities. files.constantcontact.com/4a14a939001/...
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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Irish Wildlife Trust is fully behind the Bill brought forward by Paul Murphy TD (People Before Profit) to Ban Hare Coursing in Ireland. This Bill will be debated in the Dáil on 02 July and TDs will vote on the Bill on 8 July. Read the Bill here: www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bil...
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allie10.bsky.social @allie10.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Climate.us 💥🌪️☀️❄️🌬️💦💧🌊🍀
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GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Clattinger Farm is looking absolutely magnificent right now, despite the heat & drought. One of the finest species rich hay meadows in the lowlands. We are so lucky places like this are protected & still exist. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Shades of Achillea millefolium or Yarrow on the laneway #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
And loads of Tufted Vetch in flower on the laneway. So pretty #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Some Ragwort just beginning to flower #wildflowerhour and I had to include the Cinnabar nearby.
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Common Valerian. Apparently used to be used to treat insomnia! #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Some Navelwort in the hedge near Mullinacuffe. #wildflowerhour Always reminds me on the stonewall behind our family home. #memories
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Fabulous bank of Meadow Vetchling up the laneway. Lucky neighbour. #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Delicately drooping flowers of Fuchsia. #invasivespeciesweek #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Soft lilac pink flowers of Creeping Thistle #wildflowerhour . Native but dare I say a bit invasive but bees love them
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I’d happily sleep on a mattress filled with Lady’s Bedstraw found near Clonmore in Carlow. #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
And for #invasivespeciesweek and #wildflowerhour loads of Snowberry in flower in the hedgerows.
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Spear thistle just starting in Hacketstown #wildflowerhour with little friend
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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Eyebright. #wildflowerhour
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rogerrob473.bsky.social @rogerrob473.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Deadly nightshade (atropa belladonna) flowering profusely, seen during my walk in West Hampshire this week. #wildflowerhour
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Tafod y Gors / Common Butterwort #WildflowerHour Planhigyn cigysol fydd yn treulio’r pryfetach sy’n glanio ar y dail gludiog. – Not quite #ChurchyardFlowers – but a graveyard to insects as they land on the sticky star-like leaves of this carnivore. #Môn #Anglesey @bsbicymru.bsky.social
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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Field Cow-wheat Melampyrum arvense in Hampshire. A beautiful and utterly mad thing #wildflowerhour
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Peter Brash @peterbrash.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Great Reedmace leaving hay-fever sufferers cowering behind the sofa. #wildflowerhour
A Great Reemace after being knocked, an explosion of yellow pollen erupting from the poker-shaped flowerhead.
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Prettily climbing in the nearby hedgerows #wildflowerhour wild dog rose.
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Complicated Bramble Rubus agg! In flower. Seeing softest blush in those buds #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Meadow Vetchling doing its thing #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
White form of I believe a Marsh Thistle #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
No where near The Burren and found these orchid off ramp Junstion 6 outside Carlow. Bee Orchis and Pyramidal (I think) #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Water Forget Me Not shining bright and blue #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Fairy Flax #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I think Sheep’s Bit scabious #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Common Centaury just starting to flower near Hacketstown in Co Carlow #wildflowerhour
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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Bog Stitchwort in very short turf on Bodmin Moor today for #wildflowerhour Stellaria alsine
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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Melittis melissophyllum, Bastard Balm, self sown from an original introduction by me, now an impressive colony, with Sweet Woodruff. I like this arrangement. #WildflowerShow #WildflowerHour
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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
White, with a hint of blue, Heath Milkwort on Bodmin Moor today for #wildflowerhour Polygala serpyllifolia
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Iain Darbyshire @iaindarbyshire1.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I’ve never seen such a display of Scarlet Pimpernel (Lysimachia / Anagallis arvensis) as this before - carpeting some of the south facing slopes on this Somerset headland #WildFlowerShow #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Scarlet Pimpernel in SomersetScarlet Pimpernel in Somerset
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Some Cut leaved Geranium and my Cassie who is bored of wildflowers #wildflowerhour (I promised her some fame)
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A golden host of yellow…. Buttercups #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
And a great big nettle just starting to flower #wildflowerhour
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sarahrubalcava.bsky.social @sarahrubalcava.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Great colour combo for #wildflowershow #wildflowerhour
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