I also saw my first Hazel catkins and Butcher’s Broom this week #wildflowerhour

A Boxing Day walk taking in Tide Mills, Seaford Bay and Seaford Head gave me 13 species in flower: Periwinkle, Silver Ragwort, Rock Samphire, Groundsel, Daisy, Red Dead-nettle, Sweet Violet, Ragwort, Cranesbill, Smooth Sowthistle, Common Mouse ear, Sea Mayweed and Gorse #wildflowerhour #thewinter10

I also saw these 3 yellow Brassicas in flower but I'm not sure that I can identify them with confidence. All #pavementplants seen in Lewes, East Sussex this week. #wildflowerhourID please. Apologies for rather poor phone images. #wildflowerhour

A dentist appointment in Lewes gave me enough #pavementplants for #thewinter10: Trailing Bellflower, Bristly Oxtongue, Dandelion, Petty Spurge, Guernsey Fleabane, Yarrow, Shepherd's Purse, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Groundsel and Common Chickweed #wildflowerhour

In recent years, I usually see the odd pink anemone-like female Hazel catkin before Christmas. I was surprised this week though to see so many fully open male catkins & producing lots of pollen too!!!! #wildflowerhour

Winter berries. 📷 #photography

Periwinkle, long naturalised in local woodland, Plumpton Green. #wildflowerhour

Teeny tiny flowers of Butcher's Broom, with a bonus Ladybird! Spotted in woodland near Plumpton Green, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

I completed #thewinter10 with holly from local woodland, Plumpton, East Sussex. Most of the male plants had some flowers; female plants had berries but I found no flowers #wildflowerhour

A lovely walk over the Seven Sisters and through Friston Forest, gave me 9 of #thewinter10: Gorse, Daisy, Smooth Hawksbeard, Ragwort, Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle, Sweet Violet (first of the new season!), Dandelion and Yarrow. South Downs National Park, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

I walked home from Plumpton Station yesterday and found #thewinter10 - Dandelion, Petty Spurge, Winter Heliotrope, Hedge Bedstraw, Fleabane, Daisy, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Grass, Groundsel and Mexican Fleabane #pavementplants #wildflowerhour

After frost and heavy rain I didn't expect to find #thewinter10 during an early morning walk on the South Downs this morning. In fact, I found 14 species in flower (see separate posts for individual id's) #wildflowerhour

Surprised to find such a fresh Small Scabious on the South Downs this morning. Also saw Guernsey Fleabane and Common Knapweed #wildflowerhour

Similar flowers and common names but these are 3 different yellow daisy species, all on the South Downs this morning: Hawkweed Oxtongue (Picris hieracioides), Hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) and Smooth Hawksbeard (Crepis capillaris). #wildflowerhour

Winter whites on the South Downs near Plumpton, East Sussex: Burnet Saxifrage, Yarrow, Bramble and Daisy #wildflowerhour

Golden hour this morning on the South Downs near Plumpton, East Sussex: Gorse, Common Ragwort, Meadow Buttercup and Dandelion #wildflowerhour

Pretty, long-established escapees on Brighton seafront: red valerian, silver ragwort, seaside daisy #wildflowerhour

Four seafront daisies: dandelion , rough hawkbit, pineapple weed, smooth sowthistle. All spotted this week in Brighton #wildflowerhour

Mayweed - I couldn’t get close enough to check whether it was sea mayweed or a fleshy-leaved scentless mayweed. Brighton seafront #wildflowerhour

Pellitory of the wall, wild clematis, shepherds purse and common chickweed. All on Brighton seafront #wildflowerhour

Rock Samphire, with flowers and fruits, on Brighton seafront #wildflowerhour

My wildflower finds this week are all from a wander along Brighton seafront. I think these 3 plants are all common groundsel; one had downturned ray-florets but wasn’t sticky. Thoughts? #wildflowerhour

Wildflowers from gardens & pavements in & around Plumpton Green, East Sussex: Common Knapweed, Holly, Common Field Speedwell, Grey Field Speedwell, Oxeye Daisy, Cickweed, Annual Meadow Grass, Smooth Sowthistle, Petty Spurge, Yarrow, Daisy, Common Mouse-ear #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour

A winter 10+1 from the wildflower area at Plumpton Station, East Sussex: Nipplewort, Lady's Bedstraw, Prickly Sowthistle, Meadow Buttercup, Wild Carrot, Hedge Bedstraw, Ivy, Wild Basil, Groundsel, Ragwort & Nettle #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Dandelion, Common Mouse-ear, Willowherb species, Ragwort, Meadow Buttercup and Bush Vetch (looking rather pink due to flash). All seen this afternoon in East Chiltington, East Sussex. 5-10 of #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour

Smooth Hawksbeard in grassland, East Chiltington, East Sussex. 4th of #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour

Lots of Bristly Oxtongue still in flower in rough grassland in East Chiltington, East Sussex. Third of #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour

Finding Holly in flower was also a bit of a surprise. East Chiltington, East Sussex #wildflowerhour #thewinter10

I've have had little time this year for botany and photography (it's been 8 months since I last took part in #wildflowerhour !) but I did get out this afternoon and was very surprised to find Blackthorn in flower as well as fruit. First of #thewinter10

A lovely pinkish Sweet Violet. I've seen this colour elsewhere but this is the first one I've seen locally, Plumpton, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Periwinkle, naturalised in local woodland. I'm not too fond of it in the wild as it can be invasive, but I liked this image, with moss and bark in the background #wildflowerhour

Cherry Plum in a hedgerow and Comfrey and Barren Strawberry on a nearby verge, Plumpton, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

It wasn't all yellow flowers. I also saw my first Wood Anemone of the year, emerging from the leaf litter in a local woodland, Plumpton, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Wild daffodils in local woodland, Plumpton, East Sussex #yellowflowers #wildflowerhour

Golden yellow gorse in glorious sunshine for the #yellowflowers challenge #wildflowerhour

No petals, but the yellow anthers on these male catkins, gave a yellow haze to this willow tree. Standing underneath to take photos, the canopy above was humming with bees #yellowflowers #wildflowerhour

Lots of blooming #yellowflowers for the first weekly challenge of 2025: Dandelion, Coltsfoot, Lesser Celandine and Primrose. All seen this afternoon on a walk around Plumpton, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

My first Cow Parsley this year, growing beside the road in West Haddon, Northants #wildflowerhour

Common Field Speedwell, Dandelion, Gorse, White Deadnettle, Lesser Celandine and Dog’s Mercury. All seen this afternoon in Maxstoke, Warwickshire #wildflowerhour

Away from home this week so enjoyed looking for wildflowers in a different area. Shepherd’s Purse, Petty Spurge, Forget me Not and Wavy Bittercress, #pavementplants in West Haddon, Northants #wildflowerhour

More #pavementplants from West Haddon: Chickweed, Groundsel, Common Whitlowgrass and Red Deadnettle #wildflowerhour

Butcher's Broom, an ancient woodland indicator species for South East England. In woodland near my East Sussex home #wildflowerhour

Hazel and naturalised Lesser Periwinkle in woodland near my house, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

A quick wander this afternoon to see what I could find for #wildflowerhour. Here's Petty Spurge and Annual Meadow Grass from the pavement outside my house, East Sussex. And a Daisy from my lawn

Male catkins and tiny pink female Hazel flowers. Easy to spot in yesterday's bright sunshine. Lewes, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Canadian (?) Fleabane, Daisy, naturalised snowdrops and Winter Heliotrope, all seen yesterday on a walk through Rodmell and Iford, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Stinking Hellebore in a narrow strip of woodland beside the busy A27, Lewes #wildflowerhour

A lovely fresh daisy, just outside Duthie Park, Aberdeen #wildflowerhour

Dandelion, Ivy-leaved Toadflax and Annual Meadow Grass, all seen this week in Aberdeen #wildflowerhour

Slim pickings this week for #wildflowerhour. Visiting friends and family in Scotland. Here's gorse, beside the river Dee, Aberdeen