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Green Alkanet and Selfheal flowers #WildflowerHour

Pineapple Weed looking as fresh aa a Daisy today for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I was surprised to see Feverfew flowering in Abbeyleix earlier this week, it’s a plant I rarely see. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

There is a time to dance 💃🕺 Joyful event in #Glasgow celebrating multiple European dance traditions from groups here in #Scotland And the crowd are joining in the steps! Well done to the organisers @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social and supporters 👏👏👏

Ingoldisthorpe, #Norfolk The water droplets 💦 , seemed to really glisten on (what I believe is) Chicory. #WildflowerHour

Toadflax… Not the prettiest of names but a very sweet pink wildflower in great abundance today 💞 #wildflowers #botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Water forget me not flowering this week in County Durham #WildflowerHour

More small scabious. This time on the Wouldham to Detling Escarpment SSSI, Kent, on 30th October #wildflowerhour

A final flourish of blue brightening a gloomy November afternoon, from a late-flowering Viper's-bugloss plant growing in a former limestone quarry at Old Sulehay NR #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org

Late-flowering plant of False Oxlip, the hybrid between primroses & cowslips, in Woodbury Park Cemetery #wildflowerhour

Amongst shrubs planted around a new development next to #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk railway station this is Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Senecio inaequidens. #WildflowerHour

Here’s Clematis vitalba (Old Man's Beard, Traveller's-joy), looking like ephemeral underwater sea creatures in the dusk #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

#TheWinter10 Part 1/3 Musk Mallow, Malva moschata, with raindrops and Common Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris, seen this week in Cambridge #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

To remember Halloween: Seed heads of (probably) Miss Wilmott's Ghost (Eryngium giganteum) naturalised near Ramore Head, Portrush #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social #AltText

Spent the afternoon learning #antler craft. I highly recommend it - it’s so satisfying. #uist

So I chose a piece of #antler and spent the afternoon filing, sanding and polishing. I decided to leave the natural patterning rather than engrave decoration. I’ve made it into a #bracelet with 2 wooden beads stained with ochre.

Between fierce squalls, the skies have been glorious. #uist

Guess who's back?! 👀 We're thrilled to announce that season 2 of our #WordsOfTheWild podcast is back! Ed and Rachel are back with six new episodes, with more stories from across Scotland. The first episode will be out soon but in you can catch up on season 1 on our website now. 👇 buff.ly/20VNw8g

I'm running a webinar on adaptive teaching next Wednesday. Lots of practical advice about inclusive approaches to teaching. Pay what you can to attend. Very grateful for shares. Thank you! #EduSky www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...

⚠️ Winter Fuel Payment Scam Warning ⚠️ If you receive a text message about Winter Fuel Payments, it’s a scam. You do not need to register or apply…these payments are made automatically! Find out more ⤵️ www.gov.uk/government/n... #WinterFuelPayment #Scams #UK #HMRC

Do you remember 100 Word Challenge? This is one for adults! I'm so excited to share my newest Substack publication! It is a safe space for those who really want to write but are hesitant to start. open.substack.com/pub/thegentl...

Whitehaven is so underrated - anyone interested in Georgian architecture, maritime, social and industrial history (and lots of other things) would have field day here! I grew up around there and am sure it shaped my love of, and fascination with, the past 😀

Afternoon from Gracemount community walled garden, run by Transition Edinburgh South

Live in or near Peebles? What are you doing on 27th November? Why not come and listen to the great Alex Gill talk about his perpective on our Scotland, and our future... tickets are free, prior registration requested www.eventbrite.com/e/alex-gill-...

This is, if nothing else, a reminder that Wikipedia is possibly the greatest website on the internet. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Well it’s #NationalPumpkinDay so here’s something from my book ‘Pumpkin Soup’. #booksky #book.sky #art

Loved the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition.. kids were very curious.. days left.. If in Edinburgh, go… if not, come?!

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“Elsewhere, the Covent Garden Area Trust pays five red apples and five posies of flowers. Though the strangest ritual is the Quit Rents Ceremony where the City of London pays one blunt knife, one sharp knife, six horseshoes and 61 nails.“

Somewhat hastily written first thoughts on Caerphilly result www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Some work through in Edinburgh yesterday allowed me to smuggle in a visit with Retired MrsD to the ‘Andy Goldsworthy 50 Years’ exhibition @royalscottishacad.bsky.social. It’s on until Nov 2 & I promise you it is unmissable. Breathtaking room after room. www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/a...

📢 Big news! Today we launch a joint report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky.social. Too many are missing out on the support they’re due. 📄 Read the report + sign the open letter for change → opfs.org.uk/betterforeve... #TransformingChildMaintenance

Things have really picked up the past few days, with thrushes, Blackcap and Goldcrest everywhere and highlights in the form of Pallas’s Warbler, Isabelline Wheatear and Paddyfield Warbler, as well as a few Northern Bullfinch today. Read more here www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight... 📸 A Penn

It's not just Herdwicks: Swaledales arriving at Broughton for the yow sale #SheepOfTheDay

& grubby of greasy rain & sullen sky but deep decay has its own colour, & nourishment in the clucking of newly-arrived fieldfares: the day darkens, the day provides its own light

@jamiesmart.bsky.social Look at this! Not only is Bunny Vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business in the window of the Orcadian bookshop in #Kirkwall but they've also carved a neep into Monkey's head 🤩 #UKKidLit #EduSky #ScoEdu #Orkney

Scotland's Population Highest Ever, but No Change in Orkney. theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/21/s...

National Trust members: If you haven’t voted: Waste no time and do so now (see links below) as we are nearly out of time. And ask you family and friends to vote to. Make it easy …send them links.

Common Vetch on a rural road verge in North Cornwall today. #wildflowerhour Vicia sativa subsp segetalis

Marsh Mallow in flower this week on Rye Harbour nature reserve #wildflowerhour

Red Deadnettle and beautiful blue Germander Speedwell in my veg garden #wildflowerhour

Harebells found sheltering under a yew tree in local cemetery- east central Scotland #wildflowerhour

Some late Holly flowers, Tunbridge Wells roadside #wildflowerhour

Scything Marsh Arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris). Near Threatened in England, it flourishes here. Once cut it will be used as "green hay" in areas of the fen we're restoring to reinforce its local population. #FenRestoration #OxfordshireFens #RedList 🌍 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social

Daisy in the autumn rains today for #WildflowerHour

Ragged Robin in flower was certainly not on my radar for a mid-October walk. One of several plants blooming on the edge of the dunes out at Whiteford Point. #flowers #wildFlowerHour #nature #photography #photoHour

🩷✳️ Bloody Cranesbill - still flowering for #WildflowerHour 🌱 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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