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wildflowerhour
1 day ago
Itās the
#ChelseaFlowerShow2026
this week so why donāt we have a
#WildFlowerShow
for
#WildflowerHour
? Find wildflowers or combinations of several wildflower species looking absolutely spectacular & share your pics this Sunday 8-9pm! I wonder, if there will be a best-in-show?šš
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White Plume Moth caterpillar on the underside of a Bindweed leaf, which is its usual food plant.
#WildWebsWednesday
2 days ago
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Spindle Ermine caterpillars on Spindle of course! š
#WildWebsWednesday
2 days ago
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A mass of Herb Robert in flowerš©·
#WildflowerHour
4 days ago
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Some genuine
#TinyPlants
plus some just tiny due to where they were growing: Knotted Hedge Parsley, Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Field Madder (my favourite!), Wall Speedwell, Common Storksbill, Procumbent Pearlwort & Cut-leaved Cranesbill
#WildflowerHour
4 days ago
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wildflowerhour
9 days ago
Some of our
#wildflowers
are so incredibly minuscule they are very easy to miss! This weekās challenge is to get your specs š¤ on & see if you find any
#tinyplants
in bloom. Share your finds for
#WildflowerHour
this Sunday 8-9pm! Happy teeny flower spotting! š§šøšæ
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Cauchas rufimitrella (Long-horn moth) on Garlic Mustard & showing off its magnificent āhornsā!
8 days ago
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Gall on Hawthorn leaf caused by aphid Dysaphis crataegi.
#WildWebsWednesday
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Lots of carrots but no peas Iām afraid! š¤ Masses of Cow Parsley and Comfrey growing in an area left wild behind my house. š
#CarrotsAndPeas
#WildflowerHour
11 days ago
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A few wildflowers from this week: Spindle, Welted Thistle, Wall Speedwell, Goldilocks Buttercup, Hawthorn & Doveās-foot Cranesbill.
#WildflowerHour
11 days ago
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wildflowerhour
15 days ago
Find a member of the pea or carrot family, thatās the challenge this week from Wild Flower Hour! Donāt be tempted to eat them up though, as some members of the carrot family are extremely poisonous ā ļø Post your finds for
#wildflowerhour
this Sunday 8-9pm using
#carrotsandpeas
!
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Bulbous Buttercups in a local meadow. š
#ButtercupChallenge
#WildflowerHour
18 days ago
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wildflowerhour
23 days ago
Meadow, Creeping, Bulbous, Goldilocks, Celery-leaved? Do you know your buttercups? That is the challenge this week from Wild Flower Hour! Post your pics for
#Wildflowerhour
this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag
#buttercupchallenge
!
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Cinnamon Bug on Cow Parsley
#WildWebsWednesday
23 days ago
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Miles King
23 days ago
Antarcticaās ice shelfs hold back enough freshwater, were it to melt, to raise the sea level by 58m.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Mark Avery
25 days ago
Excellent report on shameful behaviour by England regulator. Well done
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@kierachapman.bsky.social
Defra Board ā why?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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England wildlife watchdog āhas stopped designating special sites for protectionā
Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/21/england-wildlife-watchdog-has-stopped-designating-special-sites-for-protection?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Seen this week for
#HedgerowChallenge
- Hawthorn, Field Maple, Elder, White Campion, Cow Parsley, Ground Ivy and Garlic Mustard.
#WildflowerHour
25 days ago
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wildflowerhour
29 days ago
What can you find flowering in a hedgerow? Thatās the challenge this week from Wildflowerhour! Have a good rummage in a hedge (get ready for the funny looks š) & share your pics for
#WildflowerHour
this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag
#HedgerowChallenge
! Happy hedge-diving!
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Platycherius sp hoverfly enjoying Garlic Mustard.
#WildWebsWednesday
30 days ago
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For
#CabbageChallenge
this week: Hairy Bittercress, Shepherdās Purse, Charlock *think*, Honesty, Garlic Mustard, Thale Cress & Rape *think*.
#WildflowerHour
about 1 month ago
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Rebecca Wheeler
about 1 month ago
Lovely day visiting my daughter in Leeds & was interesting to see whatās flowering in her local area. From top left Bogbean, Apple blossom, Greater Stitchwort, Hawthorn & Cowslips. Swathes of Honesty, Garlic Mustard & Cuckooflower for this weekās
#CabbageChallenge
#wildflowerhour
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wildflowerhour
about 1 month ago
Find a flower with 4 free petals arranged in a cross shape & youāve found a member of the Brassicaceae! Itās 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!
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Peacock butterfly enjoying the plentiful Ground Ivy at the moment.
#WildWebsWednesday
about 1 month ago
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Bluebells, Greater Stitchwort and Lesser Celandine at the edge of woodland.
#WoodlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
about 1 month ago
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NaomiH.art
about 2 months ago
First Early Purple Orchid, yesterday and today, and the third image I don't know! Can anyone enlighten me? I've never noticed this bush/tree at this stage before.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowers
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wildflowerhour
about 1 month ago
What can you find flowering in woodland? Thatās the challenge this week from Wildflowerhour! Post your finds using the hashtag
#WoodlandPlants
for
#WildflowerHour
this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy flower-hunting!
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Little and large! Two 7-spot and one 14-spot gathered together on a Nettle leaf.
#Ladybirds
#WildWebsWednesday
about 1 month ago
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Miles King
about 1 month ago
Mona, in Anglesey hit 25°C today. What this BBC story doesn't tell you is that today is the warmest 7th April since records began, in 1853.
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Assumed False Oxlip growing in a churchyard where there are masses of Primroses and just a few Cowslips.
#WildflowerHour
about 2 months ago
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Cowslips growing on our village green.
#CowslipChallenge
#WildflowerHour
about 2 months ago
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Mark Avery
about 2 months ago
Quck - help Swifts swiftly
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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āSwifts spark joy!ā Why these beautiful birds need our help ā and 10 ways to give it
Britainās swift population fell by two-thirds between 1995 and 2023. Make their lives a little easier with a bit more food and more places to nest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/swifts-spark-joy-why-these-beautiful-birds-need-our-help-and-10-ways-to-give-it?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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wildflowerhour
about 2 months ago
Have you seen a Cowslip in bloom this year? This weekās challenge is to find one and share your pics for
#wildflowerhour
this Sunday using the hashtag
#CowslipChallenge
. Happy flower hunting! š
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wildflowerhour
about 2 months ago
Sometimes when we are botanising we can forget to look up! Which would be a shame as
#treeflowers
are both fascinating & beautiful! This weekās challenge is to go looking for wild & naturalised trees that are blooming. Share your finds for
#WildflowerHour
this Sunday 8-9pm!
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Spotted this assumed Osier, Salix viminalis, in flower at a local NR. Basket Willow has been used in basketry for centuries. Basket making even pre-dates pottery so it could potentially have been an important plant for Neolithic people.
#StoryPlants
#WildflowerHour
2 months ago
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Sussex Wildlife Trust
2 months ago
Brighton Marina is applying ā again ā to dump dredged sediment at Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone.Ā Dredging may be necessary. But dumping 1000s of tonnes of sediment in a protected area is not.Ā Use our template email to object.
https://f.mtr.cool/tgghjihrta
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Martine Fenn
2 months ago
#DirtyBusiness
exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system wonāt be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. Iāve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners:
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ask your MP to meet with āDirty Businessā activists!
#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system wonāt be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. Iāve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists?source=bluesky&&
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Peter McSweeney
2 months ago
As its not on today's theme, I'm going early with
#bsbi
#wildflowerhour
. These are completely native daffs in a small reserve in Gloucestershire in the golden triangle, which was stunning yesterday. One person seeing this was nearly in tears...
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wildflowerhour
2 months ago
As we wait for the arrival of spring to catch up in some places, something a bit different for this weekās challenge! Many wild plants have interesting stories to tell. Find one & share your pics with a fascinating fact using hashtag
#storyplants
for
#wildflowerhour
Sunday 8-9pm!
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Pollen beetles love Dandelions!
#WildWebsWednesday
2 months ago
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Mistletoe growing high up in this tree. Not sure what species, any suggestions?
#WildWebsWednesday
2 months ago
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#WhiteFlowers
seen this week - Hairy Bittercress, Sweet Violet, a very pale Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Shepherdās Purse, Daisy, Common Chickweed, Cherry Plum & Three-cornered Leek
#WildflowerHour
2 months ago
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wildflowerhour
2 months ago
Can you find any wild or naturalised plants that have white blooms? Thatās the
#wildflowerhour
challenge this week! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag
#WhiteFlowers
. Happy flower hunting!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Alister Clunas
2 months ago
Puffin āwreckā on French/Iberian coasts getting zero media coverage. A major disaster. Needs to be covered by the mainstream media.
@markavery.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@birdtrack.bsky.social
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
@jbfarthing.bsky.social
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
@btoscotland.bsky.social
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#SignsOfSpring
this week: Coltsfoot, a few early Blackthorn flowers (old sloe in view), Elder leaf burst and a soggy Lesser Celandine.
#WildflowerHour
2 months ago
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wildflowerhour
3 months ago
Whether itās a first Lesser Celandine flower of the year or Elder leaves unfurling. The first
#WildflowerHour
challenge of the year is to spot
#SignsOfSpring
! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm. Below is the link if you would like to record your
#NaturesCalendar
sightings ā¬ļø
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Trump Action Tracker
3 months ago
The Trump administration on Tuesday took the first āstep toward loosening regulations āthat protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from āvessel strikes.
TAT
: [Attacking science]
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Trump administration considering looser protections for North Atlantic right whale
The Trump administration on Tuesday took the first āstep toward loosening regulations āthat protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from āvessel strikes.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trump-administration-considering-looser-protections-north-atlantic-right-whale-2026-03-03/
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Lesser Celandine, white Sweet Violet, Primrose, Common Field Speedwell, Hairy Bittercress, Ground Ivy, Common Chickweed, Cherry Plum, Dandelion & Snowdrops
#TheWinter10
#WildflowerHour
3 months ago
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A Pollen Beetle feeding on Crocus pollen.
#WildWebsWednesday
3 months ago
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Lots of 7-spot ladybirds waking up in the Spring like weather and emerging from Ivy to sun themselves.
#WildWebsWednesday
3 months ago
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Zack Labe
3 months ago
The average sea-ice thickness around the North Pole continues to set monthly record lows (according to the PIOMAS dataset). Each line represent one year from 1979 (blue) to 2026 (red)... note the trend š More views at
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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