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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Slightly better image of a few of the birds in the flock of White Storks over Seasalter two weeks ago on 8th August. #rarebirdsinkent

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#Daisyfamily for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social From Seasalter Kent. Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola, Bristly Oxtongue Picris Echinoidea, and Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Huge flock of White Storks over Sportsman Inn, Seasalter, Kent, this evening at 6.45pm. @kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentbirder.bsky.social @seasalterbirder.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#bythesea Carrot, Bugloss just, Sea Mayweed and Yellow-horned Poppy from Seasalter Kent for @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Just managed to catch the Violet Helleborines (Epipactis purpurata) in Savernake before they go over completely. Mysterious and absolutely beautiful still. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Looking through photos of several Epipactis seen 2/7/26 at Sandscale Haws Cumbria, when looking for E. dunensis and consulting Cole & Waller p.138, I am now happy these are E. phyllanthes, Green-flowered Helleborine. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Steve @kingsdowner.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A record shot of one minute's rain, so we can remember what it looked like. And a bouquet of Purple Loosestrife and Common Fleabane for #wildflowerhour @kentfieldclub.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The sky-blue flowers of Chicory (Cichorium intybus) are a most welcome sight in our sere roadside verges. As with many familiar plants it is usually worth a closer look every now and again. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We never used to see Jersey Tigers here in our bit of North Wilts but the last year or two there have been quite a few. Here’s one obligingly showing off its striped camouflage on flowering Traveller’s Joy (Clematis vitalba). Pleased with the body shot. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Also from Roundway Hill nr Devizes two days ago a remarkably pale Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis). Admittedly not as pretty as bluish-lilac but very eye catching nonetheless. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Plenty of wonderful Round-headed Rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare) in the scorched grass on Roundway Hill near Devizes yesterday. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Liz Louise @lizlouise.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Pale Butterwort (Pinguicula lusitanica) in a Dartmoor bog @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Jeremy Sanders @handle.invalid · 19/07/2026

Three collages of just some of the plants #StillFlowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Top row: Field Scabious, Wild Mignonette & Dwarf Thistle.
Middle row: Saw-wort & Greater Knapweed.
Bottom row: Yarrow, Common Ragwort & Scentless Mayweed.

Top row: Burnet Saxifrage, Wild Thyme & Upright Hedge Parsley.
Middle row: Wild Marjoram & Ploughman's Spikenard.
Bottom row: Lady's Bedstraw, Kidney Vetch & Silverweed.

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Jeremy Sanders @handle.invalid · 19/07/2026

Three collages of Bellflowers #StillFlowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #wildflowerhour challenge. IDs provided in ALT Text. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata).

Nettle-leaved Bellflower (Campanula trachelium).

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata) our now for a week at least here in North Wilts. Always a joy to see as summer progresses. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Excellent numbers of Gatekeepers or Hedge Browns (Pyronia tithonus), this male sunning on bramble but most were nectaring on Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) laneside in North Wilts this morning. They flew up in quite a respectable cloud as I approached. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

As the climate changes, so flowering times are changing. To help you keep track of these changes in phenology, any time you look up 1 of c3.5K plants on the Plant Atlas website, there's a useful phenology tab you can click on. Try it for Narrow-lipped Helleborine: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Two gorgeous plants from Lakeland bogs and mires, Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum). 30th June, Wrynose Pass. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A rather late Early Marsh Orchid, (Dactylorhiza incarnata) 3rd July Sandscale Haws, Cumbria. Just this one. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Astonishing hybrid vigour with these classic Northern Marsh X Common Spotted Orchids (Dactylorhiza x venuster) at Sandscale Haws Cumbria, hundreds like this but mostly now over. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

One of the many joys of Sandscale Cumbria, is the profusion of the delightfully pretty Wild Pansy (Viola tricolour Ssp curtisii) and their endlessly varied colours. For #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sandscale Haws was amazing but the best find there on the rarity scale was Dune Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis) of which six plants found. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Also from Sandscale Haws the lovely Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) just beginning to flower. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A visit today to the superb Sandscale Haws nature reserve, Cumbria, produced some lovely finds including several Round-leaved Wintergreen plants (Pyrola rotundifolia) just coming into flower. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Liz Louise @lizlouise.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A few plants seen along the River Parrett in Langport today - Blue-water Speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica), Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) & Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) 🪷🌿🌾 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Correction to the last…of course. (Epipactis atrorubens)

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Very happy to find three Dark Red Helleborines (Epipactis palustris) including one peachy one at Gait Barrows NNR, nr Arneside today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

An obliging Flower Crab Spider with prey on Field Scabious in our ‘wild garden’. #nomow

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Always a handy tip if in any doubt as to Small or Field Scabious, Small has the dark bristle tipped bracts underneath the flower head and Field does not, as can be clearly seen here. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Please consider signing this petition to save the Botanic Gardens in Dundee, my home town. The gardens are a place of learning, solace and inspiration, and are cherished by both Dundonians and visitors to the city. Its closure would be a terrible loss. c.org/syGLMR2NQL

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A clump of Zig Zag Clover from a road verge at Widemouth Bay, Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour Trifolium medium

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Mark Coller @markcoller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

6 Red veined darter in Kingsgate Park Yate this morning @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social

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Liz Louise @lizlouise.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sea Bindweed (Calystegia soldanella), Pink Water Speedwell (Veronica catenata), Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima) and Sea Stock (Matthiola sinuata) at Braunton Burrows 💜 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Jeremy Sanders @handle.invalid · 18/06/2026

Two attractive orchid hybrids seen during an excellent visit to WWT's Morgan's Hill reserve on Monday with @timnmosborne.bsky.social. IDs in ALT text. #orchid @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

Common Spotted-orchid x Chalk Fragrant-orchid hybrid (× Dactylodenia heinzeliana)

A Frog Orchid x Common Spotted Orchid hybrid. Dactylorhiza viridis x Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Dactylorhiza x mixtum).

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Jeremy Sanders @handle.invalid · 18/06/2026

An excellent visit to WWT's Morgan's Hill reserve with @timnmosborne.bsky.social on Monday, during which we saw a variety of orchid species and met, unknowingly at the time, @henk-janvdveen.bsky.social. IDs in ALT. #orchid @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

Top row: Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) in bud; Common Twayblade (Neottia ovata); Frog Orchid (Dactylorhiza viridis)
Bottom row: Lesser Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia); Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera); Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii).

Top row: Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) typical form; Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) richer pink colour variant
Bottom row: Chalk Fragrant-orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) typical colour variant; Chalk Fragrant-orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) pure white colour variant.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The highlight of yesterday’s visit to Morgan’s Hill, Wilts, with @jeremyjem.bsky.social was undoubtedly this Common Spotted x Frog Orchid hybrid (Dactylorhiza x mixtum). A truly lovely confection! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Crown Vetch (Coronilla Varia) this morning. An extensive patch on north side of A420 west of Ford nr Chippenham, Wiltshire. Been increasing over many years at this site from a single plant. Alien but naturalised. Very pretty! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Beautiful Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) now flowering by a spring here in North Wilts. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Meadow Crane’s-bill (Geranium pratense) looking fabulous in this morning’s sun in North Wilts. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Jeremy Sanders @handle.invalid · 11/06/2026

Other pleasing plants seen last Sunday at @gloswildlife.bsky.social's Badgeworth reserve with @timnmosborne.bsky.social. IDs in ALT Text. #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Top row: Marsh Speedwell, Pink Water Speedwell, Grass Vetchling
Middle row: Corky-fruited Water-dropwort (2 images)
Bottom row: Narrow-leaved Water-plantain, Marsh Bedstraw, Common Valerian

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Jeremy Sanders @handle.invalid · 11/06/2026

A variety of pleasing finds at @gloswildlife.bsky.social's Daneway Banks reserve with @timnmosborne.bsky.social, including Dark Mullein and Wild Liquorice. IDs in ALT Text. #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Left-hand column: Hop Trefoil, Wild Columbine, Dyer's Greenweed
Centre column: Dark Mullein (2 images)
Right-had column: Wild Liquorice (2 images) & Dropwort

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Two more great to see plants from Badgeworth Reserve recently, Narrow-leaved Water Plantain (Alisma lanceolatum) and the marvellously named Corky-fruited Water Dropwort (Oenanthe pimpinelloides) @gloswildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @jeremyjem.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Also from last Sunday, but at Daneway Banks, Glos, Wild Liquorice, Astragalus glycyphyllos just coming into flower. Pleased to catch up with is species in company with @jeremyjem.bsky.social @gloswildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Excellent visit yesterday to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Badgeworth reserve to see the rare Adder’s-tongue Spearwort, Ranunculus ophioglossifolius. A superb showing this year along with other interesting plants of which more later, in company with @jeremyjem.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Jeremy Sanders @handle.invalid · 07/06/2026

No #LawnFlowers but flowers from a grassy verge in N. Wilts. for #WildflowerHour: Horseshoe Vetch, Common Bird's-foot Trefoil, Goatsbead, Pyramidal Orchids, Common & Knapweed Broomrapes, Bee Orchid & Bladder Campion. #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Heath Speedwell was abundant on the Bodmin Moor today, but without the flowers you wouldn't see the leaves. The sheep graze them so short they're almost invisible. #wildflowerhour Veronica officinalis

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Purple Milk Vetch, Astragalus danicus in Gloucestershire 26th May. Something of a red letter day for me as I have been wanting to see this beauty for several years. Thanks to @mpro7id.bsky.social for help. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#wildflowerShow Germander Speedwell, Common Rockrose and Sainfoin looking like gardens in North Wilts today. @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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