#theWinter10 are all yellow this week with Groundsel, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, Bristly Oxtongue and Common Ragwort, then Yellow Corydalis, Hedge Mustard, Hoary Mustard, Nipplewort and Hawkweed Oxtongue. All from Wiltshire for #WildflowerHour

Harebell just clinging on , fox-and-cubs , yarrow and red dead-nettle this week for #wildflowerhour

Some teeny weeny Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia, in the grassy area area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour

The spiralling flower of Sonchus asper, Prickly Sowthistle looking like a Catherine wheel for #wildflowerhour this week

I love some mushroom lore (and some great folk medicine history) bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/17/m... #folklore #folkloring #folkmedicine #folkhealer #fungi #mushrooms #magicmushrooms

White-throated needletail at Scarborough castle yesterday. A blog at jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com

Fraoch na haon chose / St Dabeoc's Heath brightening up the day in North Connemara in County Galway for #WildflowerHour

LesserSpearwort, Ranunculus flammula, in the tracks, in the woods, whilst looking for fungi. looking stunning in the autumn sun. #wildflowerhour

Red Necked Phalarope, Palaropus locates, @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this evening passing its time spinning round , 12 pause 17 , then 15 more pause feed then spin again, frequently shadowed by a Herring Gull. @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

A family of 5 Spotted flycatchers on the edge of Easterside wonderful to see @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Cream Crowned Marsh Harrier being harried by Buzzards between Sutton Bank and Sneck Yat @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Everyone stop, this is important

Can you find a flowering member of the Gentian family or Gentianaceae, that’s the challenge this week. Post your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #GentianFamily. Happy flower hunting!

Painted Lady on Cross-leaved Heather on the North York Moors #polinatorpals #wildflowerhour

Frosted roach, Atriplex laciniata, Narrow Leaved Ragwort,Jacobaea inaequidenswith common blue butterfly, and Prickly Saltwort Salsola kali all growing on the beach at SouthGare #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Grass Leaved Orache, Atriplex littoralis ,(I think) found growing at the end of south Gare , Cleveland #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Some are stellate, glandular, forked, simple or branched. What are? I hear you ask! Hairs! This week’s challenge is to find a hairy plant, the hirsuter the better and examine its trichomes! Post your bristly pics using the hashtag #hairyplants for #Wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm

A pair of Ringed Plover with 3 your on Marske beach this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northeastbirds

Common twayblade , Neottia ovata, and Glaucous Sedge, Carex Flacca up Snilesworth on the North York Moors #wildflowerhour

Bog pimpernel ,Anagallis tenella, by the roadside on the North York Moors #wildflowerhour

I am starting a PhD and am looking for grassland restoration/rewilding sites in Northern Ireland! Please forward this flier to anyone who might be interested in having their land surveyed for fungi!

Madame Isaac Pereire. Anticipation building. ♥️🌱 @organicgay.bsky.social

Campion, Chickweed, Ragged Robin, Sandwort, Stitchwort and Mouse-ear are just some of the lovely members of the Pink Family or Caryophyllaceae! Find one blooming for this week’s challenge & share for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #PinkFamily 🌸

Juvenile Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus on the North York Moors one of 3 seen @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #NEbirds

Early Purple Orchids, Orchid mascula ,flowering at North Henge Nosterfield this week. #wildflowerhour @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

Chickweed-wintergreen,Trientalis europaea, the first single flower showing in the woods ,on the North York Moors. #wildflowerhour

A superb Garganey, at Nosterfield plus Lesser Yellowlegs still on main lake with a Greenshank, Redshank, Swift,plus; Reed Sedge, Garden warblers , Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat around the reserve @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social #NEbirds #UKbirds

Classy selection of birds at Nosterfield this evening: Wood Sandpiper,Lesser Yellow Legs, 3+ Greenshank , Redshank ++,Bar tailed Godwit, snipe x2, Ringplover 4, Curlew, Dunlin x2, Avocet x5 lapwing, and pair of Lesser Whitethroats calling . @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

Early morning trip to Nosterfield to see a Lesser Yellow Legs on the main lake , @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social #NEbirding #UKbirding

Reed warbler and Sedge warbler on the main reserve today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #nybirds

26 Ruff, 3 Wood Sandpiper , 1 Temmincks stint at Nosterfield LNR today,Temmincks( photo distant and heavily cropped) #NEbirding @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social #ukbirding

Find a flower with 4 free petals arranged in a cross shape & you’ve most probably found a member of the Brassicaceae! It’s a huge family & the challenge this week for #Wildflowerhour is to find a wild or naturalised member of the #CabbageFamily in flower. Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm!

Heavily cropped photo of a cuckoo, 1 of 3 in the Hawnby area around midday. #NEbirding @nybirdnews.bsky.social

The wooded North Henge is the most well-preserved of the three late Neolithic monuments at Nosterfield-Thornborough, with both the outer rampart and inner ditch remaining relatively intact.

Blackcap sing along the Cod beck Sowerby this afternoon @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Hepatica transsylvanica, from the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, to my garden here in North Yorkshire.

Male Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Anthophora plumipipes nectaring in our garden on Pulmonaria #WildWebsWednesday

The challenge for this week’s #WildflowerHour is to take a peek at the back of any wild or naturalised bloom you find & check out the #Sepals! Sepals are the green petal-like structure that protects the flower in bud. Share your pics for the magic hour, this Sunday 8-9pm!

The beautiful Wood Anemone, such a joyous wildflower, an ancient woodland indicator & one of the classic signs of spring. Have you seen a #WoodAnemone flowering this year? The challenge this week is to find one! Share your pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm!

Chuffed to find a lovely Hen Harrier today, (Lesser? no longer matters but matters to me!) Redpoll, Greg wagtail in Harrogate area.

The first weekly challenge from Wildflowerhour is to find something yellow! If you can, post your pics using the hashtag #yellowflowers for #Wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm! Other colours of wild & naturalised plants are also of course very welcome! Happy flower-hunting! 🌼

Wonderful time @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this afternoon , Cream crowned Marsh Harrier gave spectacular views frequently it was mobbed by corvids, WhiteFronted goose and RedKite also @nybirdnews.bsky.social

First buttercup of the year for #WildflowerHour I think it’s bulbous buttercup. Sunshine on a rainy day ☀️

Gorse properly blooming now 🌞 Shame I can’t post the delicious smell 🥥 #spring #wildflowerhour

4 from my walks this week, plum blossom, sun spurge, double headed dandelion and celandine (with possibly a lesser stitchwort I’ve just noticed at the bottom of the photo) #WildFlowerHour

#wildflowerhour. This afternoon- red deadnettle, chickweed, one lonely speedwell and damson just coming into flower (will be back for the fruit in due course as they make great jam)

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised plants you’ve spotted blooming from across Britain & Ireland in the last week!

Yellow Star-of Bethlehem, Gagea lutea, just coming into to flower along the Banks of the river Ure near West Tanfield, North Yorks . Always interesting to see the abaxial marking too. #wildflowerhour

Some of the Whoopers and a camera shy White fronted Goose today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social on Flaske lake around midday.

there are currently 2 Mandarin Ducks at Millgate in Thirsk also a bonus otter along the Cod Beck this morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social