iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We have a bit of a special announcement... A few months ago, one of the finest wetlands in the Lake District came up for sale - It is a SSSI (site of special scientific interest). We have officially completed the purchase of the site! We are so excited, and grateful for the opportunity! 🎉🥳🎉

522469308

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Oh. My. Word. WE HAVE DONE IT! 🥳🎉 In 2020 we worked with Natural England to carry out a green hay transfer from Sandybeck Meadow SSSI & SAC onto the Loweswater meadows, with an ultimate target being to get Greater Butterfly Orchid established. Today, was the day I found the first one!!

511815

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Heres some Alpine Bartsia (Bartsia alpina) from today too!

0110

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Beautiful Early Marsh-orchids, Dactylorhoza incarnata, in all their glory in Upper Teesdale this afternoon. Just perfect for this week's #WildFlowerHour #OrchidChallenge

1344

Reposted by Wild Lakeland

Joshua Styles @joshual951.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Near-threatened in Britain (<15 sites), so buzzing to find bird’s-foot sedge (Carex ornithopoda) on this limestone pavement in Cumbria! These pavements take 1000s of years to form as rain cuts deep cracks, creating niches for rare wildlife - this sedge being one of them 😍🌱

1658

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A couple of #tinyplants for this week's wildflower hour from yesterday's visit to Farleton Knott in South Cumbria... Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia) and Mountain Melick (Melica nutans) #Wildflowerhour #Wildflowers #Botany

0231

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Many of our hedgerow-verges are laden with Water Avens, Geum rivale in this part of the #LakeDistrict, which are just coming into flower now. Here it is on our own little stretch of verge! #WildflowerHour #HedgerowChallenge

0191

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A few Cowslips, Primula veris, now out in our meadow, right on time for this week's #wildflowerhour! #LakeDistrict #Haymeadow

0131

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Lesser Celandines. Carpets of them!

030

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Our House Martins are back!!! 😍 Relief and delight. Welcome home little friends

1100

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Willow Warbler singing away this morning 😍🌞😍🌞 One of my favourite little birds and a real sign that spring is properly here! (Photo of a Wood Anemone)

070

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Primrose Primula vulgaris and Town Hall Clock Adoxa moschatellina for this week's #wildflowerhour

0151

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Two Scilla section Chionodoxa: forbesii - Forbes'-Glory-of-the-Snow (L) luciliae - Lucile's-Glory-of-the-Snow (R) I much prefer the latter for some reason, I think the paler, large flowers look superb. #LakeDistrict #Spring #Botany

070

Reposted by Wild Lakeland

Joshua Styles @joshual951.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A reliable indicator of truly ancient habitats - today marks the first time I’ve ever seen properly wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp pseudonarcissus)! This huge population was in a beautiful riparian ancient woodland in Cheshire and it’s made my whole month! 😍🌱

4595

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Not on theme for this week's #Wildflowerhour, because I stumbled upon a lovely big patch of Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage, Chrisosplenium oppositifolium. Delicate and unassuming - but delightful.

0183

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

First Queen Bumblebee out enjoying the sunshine and this Crocus, yesterday... Not such good weather today 🫤

150

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

First Curlew of the year is here! One of the most defining moments of spring - such a joy to hear their calls again! #LakeDistrict #Spring #Curlew

1102

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

One of my favourite spring wildflowers Adoxa moschatellina, better known as Town Hall Clock, is just coming into flower now! #LakeDistrict #Wildflowers #Spring #Botany

060

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The meadow year is officially underway! The first Yellow Rattle seedling has germinated in our meadow! 😍 #WildflowerHour #SignsOfSpring

1263

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Quite a few different Narcissus varieties in flower now... Narcissus 'Pre-party', Narcissus asturiensis (Pigmy Daffodil), Narcissus pseudonarcissus (Wild Daffodil), Narcissus 'February Gold'.

0122

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Here come our native Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus! They are just wonderful

090

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A bit late, but our first Lesser Celandines (Ficaria Verna) for #Wildflowerhour

0120

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The first Daffodils are out at Wild Lakeland HQ! These are the cultivar 'Tete-a-Tete' - being very popular and widely planted. They are consistently the first variety to flower here, even ahead of Rijnveld's Early Sensation. #Daffodils #Narcissus #Spring

1132

Reposted by Wild Lakeland

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Must admit I'm a bit mad on Daffodils so I am going to start a thread with all the varieties I have planted at @wildlakeland.bsky.social HQ . In order as they come into flower... Starting with Narcissus 'tete-a-tete'. Small, early and delightful!

2659

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Spring is in the air! Our Tree Sparrows are getting rather vocal and starting to pair up, with a few scraps starting to break out!

070

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Adding some new boxes into one of our largest woodland nest box monitoring projects. #LakeDistrict #Ecology #Conservation

040

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

First Snowdrops in flower for us! A little sign that spring is on the way. The days are getting longer, the sun is getting warmer. #LakeDistrict #Spring #Snowdrops #Galanthusnivalis #Nature #SignsOfSpring #Wildflowers

050

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Always worth making the most of the rare, fine sunny days at this time of year...

161

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A rather optimistic post I must say, but the first signs of Spring are already here! Lesser Celandine leaves have emerged in our meadow! #WildflowerHour #LakeDistrict #SignsOfSpring

1201

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Feeling autumnal now! 🍁🍄🕸️

0190

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Still plenty of Western Gorse, Ulex gallii in flower today on Sale Fell in the NW Lakes!

0110

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

A great day of botanical surveying 😍

0110

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

How lovely is this Blotched-winged Hoverfly, enjoying a Devil's-bit Scabious flower in our meadow! #PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour

2463

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) is perfect for this week's #HairyPlants #WildflowerHour theme! It is safe to say it is a rather hairy thing!

0312

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Even road verges can be fantastic habitats for wildflowers and biodiversity - here is our little stretch which we have been proactively managing for the last decade or so!

091

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Sadly no Helliborines for this week's #Wildflowerhour, but I did manage to stumble upon a nice little population of Touch-me-not Balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere) which was growing in wet woodland in the #LakeDistrict. It is the only native Impatiens species in the UK!

0263

Reposted by Wild Lakeland

Joshua Styles @joshual951.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

A day early for #NationalMeadowsDay, but just look at this ancient wildflower meadow I stumbled upon in Staffordshire the other day! Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️

16913

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Couldn't decide which grass to post for #Wildflowerhour... So why not showcase our grass diversity! Left to Right... Common Bent Meadow Foxtail Sweet Vernal Crested Dog's-tail Soft Brome Perennial Rye Rough Meadow-grass Timothy Cock's-foot False Oat Meadow Barley Yorkshire Fog Tufted Hair-grass

1456

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This week's #Wildflowerhour theme is particularly fitting with this afternoon's weather! For #AquaticPlants we have Bog Pondweed, Potamogeton polygonifolius, which was growing in a shallow acidic pool in Borrowdale.

0201

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Little gang of recently fledged Tree Sparrows, seen from our kitchen window 😍

0150

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

A couple from our meadow today. Amazing how lush it now looks after a good week or so of rain! #LakeDistrict #HayMeadow

0214

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

A few from the #PeaFamily or the #Fabaceae from our meadow this evening... Meadow Vetchling Red Clover (a particularly striking, dark crimson flowered example) Bird's-foot Trefoil #Wildflowerhour

0120

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Safe to say the parents of this Pied Flycatcher brood have been very busy over the last couple of weeks! A bumper nest of 9 chicks! 5-7 is a more normal brood size!

0121

Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Here is a dinky, but no less superb, Early Marsh Orchid -Dactylorhiza incarnata growing in Upper Teesdale for this week's #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

0180

Reposted by Wild Lakeland

stevetrotter1.bsky.social @stevetrotter1.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Plus some bonus plants during a bit of botanical extra-time... @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlakeland.bsky.social

151

Reposted by Wild Lakeland

stevetrotter1.bsky.social @stevetrotter1.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Just had a brilliant day looking at #Alchemillas #LadysMantles. A massive thanks to experts Jeremy Roberts & Linda Robinson for patiently instructing a small group in the ID of some 9 species(!!!)... Including this rare Rock Lady's Mantle @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlakeland.bsky.social

0102