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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some forest floor fungi from a late September walk in mixed pine/deciduous forest, northern Scotland. I know the Fly Agaric in pic 1 but that's about where my fungi ID skills end! Any ideas please? I really should learn a few and autumn is the perfect time to start. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Autumn hedgerow fruits etc. around the local patch: apples here and there from old orchards, blackberries not great this year - too dry. Ivy seemingly unstoppable as ever, a late bounty for autumn insects. Robin's Pincushion gall on a dog-rose stem - home to larvae of the gall wasp Diplolepis rosae.

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Gavin Durrant @gavindurrant1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Barn owl transferring it's prey from beak to talon in the murk of the sea mist covered marshes yesterday evening

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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Common Darter in cop wheel ,Willow Emerald damselfly and a female Migrant Hawker dragonfly @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh today. Very warm for the last day of September!!

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Alan Brown 71 @alanbrown71.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Visited Saltoun Forest today. Pics of 3 male perched Common Hawkers together (only got 2 together previously) and a single from another pond plus a male Black Darter and a record flight shot of male Southern Hawker @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @edinburghnats.bsky.social #Dragonflies #Lothian

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good quantities of seeds and fruits along the Worcestershire lanesides, despite the very hot & dry summer. Horse-chestnuts (or to give them their proper name, conkers! 🙂) and Sycamore with its winged seeds; plenty of hips on the dog-roses.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Harvest Moon Halo: late on Saturday evening, a 22° halo around the Full Harvest Moon. The most common type of halo, formed by light refracted through randomly aligned ice crystals in the cirrus clouds.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some more wildflowers from the northern Highlands of Scotland, late September: yellow Bog Asphodel & more (ubiquitous!) Devil's-bit Scabious on the slopes of Beinn Alligin, Torridon. Harebells enjoying the well-drained stony verge of an historic bridge. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Summer 2026 in Northern Scotland wasn't hot and dry, quite the opposite, and the later September wildflowers were looking even better than usual. Drifts of Devil's-bit Scabious on a roadside verge in Wester Ross; Sea Rocket by the Cromarty Firth. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Late August in Snowdonia / Eryri NP, Wales: on to the last summit of the trip, Glyder Fawr ('big heap (of stones)'). Again extraordinary, the true summit is one of many vertical stone 'dragon's teeth'! Pic 1 looks back past Castell y Gwynt to Glyder Fach, pic 4 is Tryfan - left for another day... 🙂

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Late August in Snowdonia / Eryri NP, Wales: reaching the extraordinary shattered rocky plateau of Glyder Fach ('small heap (of stones)'), crowned by two heaps of huge, jumbled stone blocks. An entertaining climb up to the summit block, for views west (4th pic) to Glyder Fawr and Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Late August in Snowdonia / Eryri NP, Wales: early morning at about 800m on Y Foel Goch west of Capel Curig. Tryfan and the Glyderau to the west, with Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon in the distance to the southwest. Later on, headed west to Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr, up the wide, easy ridge from the col.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Late August in Snowdonia / Eryri NP, Wales: evening at about 800m on Y Foel Goch west of Capel Curig. Looking west to Tryfan and the Glyderau, with Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon in the distance. The shallow col below is sometimes nicknamed 'the valley of kings' for the grandeur of the surrounding peaks.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Full Moon after the New Moon of the 93% solar eclipse (as seen from Worcestershire) and we had a 93% eclipse of the Moon. Great views again until 04.52 BST, about 20 minutes before maximum, then the sinking Moon underwent a very rare triple eclipse of Earth's shadow + cloud + apple tree. 🙂

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

'The Summer of 26' in mid-Wales: Before and After. Images taken from Corn Du and Pen y Fan during two rounds of the wonderful Beacons Horseshoe in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, early July and mid August. (Same camera, JPEGs straight from the camera without extra processing.)

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A celebration of Small Copper. 🦋 Thrilled to find my mint covered in my all-time favourite butterflies, busy nectaring. A recent emergence? Some lovely variety - classic bright orange to darker sooty tones & one with tiny pale dots on the hindwing. Just glorious. 🧡 @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Some of the Small Copper nectaring on the flowers of the mint plant in my Weymouth allotment. Such beautiful, feisty butterflies (though all tranquil here).
Some showing the classic bright orange, others with a darker, sooty palate, and one with small pale dots on the hindwing. All fabulous. What a treat!

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Joanie McNaughton @joaniemcnaughton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Last but def not least of Orkney botanising. Had seen Scottish Primrose, Primula scotica, on a visit in 1994, so was delighted to refind it same place, Yesnaby. Growing alongside was Grass of Parnassus, Parnassia palustris, also a delight to refind. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Kevin Walker @bsbiscience.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A quick stop in Glencoe on our way back to England produced masses of Whorled Carraway Trocdaris verticillatum not far from the Scottish Mountaineering Club hut. Lovely plant in a stunning setting.

Glencoe looking down towards the Whorled Caraway site

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I love Sundews, they are such extraordinary plants. As #CommonNames go, this one is perfect - in the sun those sticky, deadly beads glimmer like dew, luring unwary insects to an untimely death. This Sundew was one of many I enjoyed seeing on the Purbeck Heaths. So beautiful. 💚 #Wildflowerhour

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Late entry for both #Wildflowerhour and the summer flowering calendar, in full bloom despite the drought (much to the relief of hungry insects) were beautiful clouds of Wild Clematis, Clematis vitalba. With two quirky #CommonNames : Old Man's Beard and Traveller's Joy. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Late for #Wildflowerhour but it got me thinking: to modern ears which don't know their origins, what wildflowers *don't* have quirky #CommonNames?! 🙂 Still flowering locally were Cat's-ear (miaow), Lady's Bedstraw, Queen Anne's Lace, Lesser Spearwort... @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Spectacular sunbeams at and after maximum eclipse in Worcs. VERY lucky the clouds didn't cover the sun any earlier!, but they and the hazy atmosphere added to the unique spectacle. The reduced angular size of the eclipsed sun (here <10% of normal) casts sharper shadows, incl. those from the clouds.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I thought clouds in the west might spoil the eclipse from Worcestershire, but luckily I had excellent views until just after maximum. A far more dramatic event than I was expecting: 93% eclipsed was enough to darken the evening light and give a strange, bluish hue to the landscape. Wonderful!

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Now our mini-meadow is cut and most of the other garden wildflowers have also finished, the 'exotics' i.e. typical garden plants 🙂 are still there for the bees and butterflies. Very pleased that after 2022 I switched our container planting from traditional annuals to drought-tolerant perennials!

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Debbie Alston @debbie1alston.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Good numbers of Adonis Blue (second brood) seen east of Horseshoe Plantation today, plus Silver-spotted Skippers and lots of Clouded Yellows #EastbourneDownland

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Josh’s Wildlife @joshswildlife.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Amazing to see my first Brilliant Emeralds at a local loch today! Not a common dragonfly by any means. Easy to spot due to their (unsurprisingly) brilliant emerald sheen but very tricky to photograph as they were lively! #dragonfly #photography #insect

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Update on orchids from seed: two months on, about a 2/3 success rate with the potted-out protocorms (pic 3 & 4), which is fine! 6 pots of Southern Marsh orchids and 12 of Common Spotted. (Seeds sown on agar/oatmeal plates with symbiotic fungus last autumn.)

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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sourthern Hawker #dragonfly was curious about this watcher this afternoon. @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Bubbenhall Meadows.

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This particlar Marsh Gentian had three open flowers and one bud waiting to open. A spectacular floral firework of blue erupting from the heath. And then, as the sun began to set, the open flowers began to close, until they were tightly wrapped up for the night. Sweet dreams! 💤 #wildflowerhour

A Marsh Gentian with three open flowers, plus one large bud. As the sun began to set, the flowers started to close until they were tightly wrapped up for the night.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

With our flowering lawn toasted around them, Cat's-Ear are still sending up flower stems and providing food for insects like this tiny (unidentified) bee. And naturalising Mexican Fleabane feels at home in the hot, dry weather. The #DaisyFamily are stars! #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sea Daffodils in full flower at Par Sands beach today in Cornwall. Pancratium maritimum

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Our gone-to-seed mini-meadow still looks attractive but I'm going to do the annual 'hay cut' now while it's dry. Also, the Wild Carrot has done very well and I don't want too much of its seed spreading for next year. I'll trim round the best Agrimony plants (4th pic) so I can collect seed later.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Returning along the ridge of Bannau Sir Gaer in the Carmarthen Fans, in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales. The highest point is Fan Brycheiniog at 802m, just a little less than the central Beacons, but a much wilder-feeling part of the National Park.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Sunrise last week at Llyn y Fan Fawr in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales. A cool morning at only 3°C (at 600m) but the start of another fine day for hillwalking in this beautiful area.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Evening light and moonlight at Llyn y Fan Fawr in the Carmarthen Fans in the west of Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales. The 'double mountain' in the distance is two of the Central Beacons, Pen y Fan (the highest point in southern Britain) and Corn Du.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Another beautiful day hillwalking in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales. A fresher afternoon with wonderful light and visibility on the walk in to Llyn y Fan Fawr, below the towering cliffs of Bannau Sir Gaer / the Carmarthen Fans.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Water Crowfoot enjoying a shallow pool in the clear waters of Afon Sawdde, on Mynydd Du / the Black Mountain, Wales. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Craig Jones @craig63jones.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Sometimes the butterfly gods smile down on you... A bilateral gynandromorph Common Blue at Grafton Wood, Worcs 1/8/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Some orchid pics from June I'd forgotten to post: Chalk-fragrant orchids in their varied colours grow well on the Cotswold limestone, as expected. But they also grow very well (and larger) in the lush abundance of this Worcestershire lowland hay meadow. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

An early start on yet another perfect hillwalking day last week in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales. Completing the Beacons Horseshoe over Corn Du and Pen y Fan, then a return north down the 'Gap Road'. The Romans used it, but they didn't build this one - it's much older than Rome.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Very early on a windless summer's day, mist filling the Usk valley seen from high in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales. And a light pillar above the rising sun, caused by reflections from tiny, flat ice crystals in the cirrus clouds.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Well off-topic for this week's #wildflowerhour on wetland plants, but a fine display of Harebells last week among crisped brown grasses on a baking laneside bank in Wales. They look so delicate but are as tough as old boots! @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Such an incredible display of water loving plants on shores of Lough Mask, #Mayo. #wildflowerhour Purple loosestrife, , Meadowsweet, Mint, Marsh bedstraw, Sneezewort & Yellow loosestrife.

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Irish lady's tresses orchids, Lough Mask, #Mayo. #wildflowerhour just starting to flower. Absent in my local meadows in Glenullin where the ground is now possibly too dry?

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The ultimate bog plant for me - Sundews. 😍 Rosettes of leaves, each with a halo of shimmering sticky beads which spell death for tiny insects, but they are undeniably beautiful. And the flowers stems uncurling as they push elegantly upwards. #wildflowerhour #wetlandplants #internationalbogday2026

Sundews - both Round-leabed and Oblong-leaved, found in bogs, Dorset.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sunset last week viewed from high up in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales on a warm, still summer evening.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Evening last week high in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons NP, Wales. Warm and almost windless at dusk, beautiful July weather.

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worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#WetlandPlants ? After the driest July in 190 years and the 4th heatwave of summer incoming and no rain since the Solstice? Wetland plants??!🙂 However... in May my favourite marshy meadow was full of pink Early Marsh & purple Southern Marsh orchids & I found their hybrid. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Dactylorhiza x wintoni (Early Marsh x Southern Marsh Orchid hybrid.)

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Bath Nature @bathnature.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Violet Helleborine - only known from a single site in North Somerset. 6 plants flowered this year, one of which had variegated leaves. #Nature #Wildlife #Orchid #Flower #Wildflower #WildflowerHour #BloomScrolling #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

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