Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 2hA new one for me, Hairy Springtail - Orchesella villosa (I think). On a Russula sp. (Russula atropurpurea - Purple Brittlegill perhaps?). New Forest today 5/10/26 #fungi #insect 070
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 2hI wasn’t looking for Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii) today, it just popped into my eye line - always welcome though, and look at that tiny one !! #fungi #NewForest 5/10/26 1284
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A few nice things still up on Eggardon Hillfort (including an orchid still in flower) for #WildflowerHour but my favourite was this Harebell with it’s very aggressive and protective Crab Spider. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0311
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Bleeding Fairy Helmet (Mycena haematopus), great fungi, great vernacular name ! Dorset 3/10/26 #fungi 413415
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Dorset fungi finally starting to appear. All these in woodland at Powerstock Common Nature Reserve. 3/10/26 #fungi @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 2767
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I love finding the turquoise fruiting bodies of Green Elfcup (Chlorociboria aeruginascens). Dorset 3/10/26 #fungi 1889
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Always a nice find ☠️ Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) ☠️ Dorset 3/10/26 1334
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this year, I tried (unsuccessfully) to protect a Bee Orchid, right in the heart of my village. Well, I’ve found another rosette in a similar location- time to try again (it’s a long time until flowering time though 😬) #orchid 2203
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An orchid flowering (just) in October, in Dorset. Spiranthes spiralis - Autumn Lady’s-tresses. 1/10/26 #orchid 0201
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s a Raven day 🖤 At least 10 here at Eggardon Hill today. 060
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette). Strange but interesting stuff ! #fungi 2354
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A fabulous morning fungi foray (finally) and a bewildering array of boletes. There might be more posts when I’ve worked out what they all are 😅 29/9/26 #fungi 5599
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the most beautiful things in nature, just now. The humble ‘conker’ 🤎 0162
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Went with my kids to experience the autumn equinox at Stonehenge this week. Walking back along the A303 my daughter picked this lovely wild autumnal posy for her mum 😍 23/9/26 See ALT text #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0334
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of the (several) reasons I make the most of open access at Stonehenge is my interest in lichens. There are 70-80 species here (some very rare). Today’s equinox was an opportunity to get up close. They’ll be even better at the winter solstice. #lichen #stonehenge #equinox 0246
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026European Garden Spider web, at a gorgeous Stonehenge this morning, just after dawn. 23/9/26 #equinox #spider #stonehenge 0111
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What I think is Polyporus tuberster (Tuberous polypore). Happy to be corrected. #fungi In a Hampshire wood 21/9/26 092
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tachina fera or Tachina magnicornis (very difficult to tell apart). In a Hampshire wood today. 21/9/26 #insect 070
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Still plenty in flower if you look. Kingcombe NR in Dorset, for #wildflowerhour today. See ALT text @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 2534
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A last hurrah for the U.K.’s orchid season. Autumn Lady’s-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) in Dorset today 20/9/26 for #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 1474
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s a Raven Day (part 2) 🖤 Eggardon Hillfort, Dorset 20/9/26 030
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Female flower crab spider (Misumena vatia), coloured yellow, to match the maize plant that I found it on. #spider 20/9/26 0121
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s a Raven day 🖤 Kingcombe NR visitor centre, Dorset 20/9/26 162
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Still lots of lovely things to see at Kingcombe NR, in Dorset, this morning. Fungi, wild flowers, insects, lichen and more. 20/9/26 @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #fungi #wildflowers 0123
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This (I think) is Aphis hederae, the Ivy Aphid, that, as its name suggests, feeds almost exclusively on Ivy. Dorset 17/9/26. #insect #ivy 060
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As soon as the Ivy flowers open, the pollinators appear - wasps, flies, honeybees, drone flies, ants (farming aphids) and of course Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae) #wildflowers #bee #insects 070
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Spring Hazelcup (Encoelia furfuracea) ignoring its own name and starting to open in a South Wales wood. 15/9/26 #fungi 0100
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Hazel Gloves (Hypocreopsis rhododendri) just starting to reappear in a South Wales temperate rain forest. Perithecia (reproductive structures) are visible as darker spots on the mature fungi. #fungi 1296
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’ve posted my #favouriteplant elsewhere, but this seems a good time to post some of my favourite orchid pictures of 2026. Each one has a story, a trip or a memory. It seems like a long time until next spring. See ALT text. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 16310
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My #favouriteplant was always going to be an orchid but which one? This Small White Orchid (Pseudorchis albida) isn’t the most spectacular but it was hard won ! I camped in the middle of nowhere and braved the June rain to see this individual. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 1403
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Amazing old Beech tree in the New Forest 10/9/26 #tree 123929
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My monthly visit to Holy Trinity churchyard in Swyre, Dorset. Not too much in flower, but lots of fruits and a few insects too. See ALT text. 11/9/26 #wildflowers 0111
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Woodland Dor Beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) in the New Forest this week. 10/9/26 #insect #beetle 090
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Beefsteak fungi (Fistulina hepatica) are looking fabulous at the moment. New Forest 9/9/26 #fungi 0385
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) looking surprisingly good despite the dry weather, protected in its hollow tree I suppose. (Location withheld on request) 9/9/26 #fungi 1150
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Dyer’s Mazegill (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in the New Forest. The ponies all had a sniff but clearly the fungi is not appealing to them. 9/9/26 #fungi 090
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My first fungi foray to the New Forest this autumn. Still very dry but some saprophytic species staring to appear. Very little on the ground (except things like Poronia punctata on dung), but with some sustained rain we’ll be off !! #fungi 0150
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Of course many of those #fruits end up in my kitchen. On the menu this week: Elderberries, Blackberries, Haws and Bullace. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 1194
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So many #fruits out there for #WildflowerHour . All these from the hedgerows around the outskirts of my Dorset village. Mostly natives with a few escapees. See ALT text for details. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0274
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Tiny male Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia), waiting to ambush its prey on a Snowberry flower today. 5/9/26 #spider 850059
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Corizus hyoscyami, aka the Cinnamon Bug, on nettle seed heads. Dorset 3/9/26 #insect #bug 0140
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Flower of the day. Feral hops in a Dorset hedge. Reminding me of my ancestral home, Kent, and making me thirsty. 3/9/26 #wildflower 080
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Finally. With a little bit of rain, the Autumn Lady’s-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) are showing at last on Eggardon Hill in Dorset 1/9/26 #orchid 1162
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My best ever Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) photos today. Dorset 1/9/26 #butterfly 3676
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It’s a Raven day 🖤 Several enjoying the wind above Eggardon Hill. 170
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A sure sign that autumn has arrived, these are suddenly everywhere. Araneus diadematus - the European garden spider. #spider 0204
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Beautiful Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) #SeedHeads for #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0658
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria). #SeedHeads #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0283
