Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) for #WildflowerHour at Church Road Flood Meadow #Essex

Limbarda (Inula) crithmoides for #WildflowerHour at Blackwater Estuary NNR #Essex

Can anyone @bsbibotany.bsky.social recommend a Grid Reference app for android to at least 8 figures?

Homage to Xavier Bou: little swifts at the Olifants River high-water bridge, Kruger National Park. Unstacked from video taken with an Iphone 14. #birds #photography #SouthAfrica #iPhone

Betony (Betonica officinalis) still in flower for #WildflowerHour at Hatch Road Country Park, Brentwood #Essex

A couple of really skanky hyaenas from the Kruger Park. #wildlife #photography #kruger #hyaena #filthhound

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Slender Hare's-ear (Bupleurum tenuissimum) for #WildflowerHour, near Great Wakering, #Essex. Slightly out of focus due to coastal breeze. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

@bramblebotanist.bsky.social, @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social Would it be okay to DM you both regarding your thoughts on a possible plant conservation project in Norfolk?

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Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix) on Sunshine Plain, #EppingForest, #Essex, #lowlandheath for #WildflowerHour, @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Brown Wild Service-tree 'chequers' (Sorbus torminalis) and red Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) for #WildflowerHour, #fruits, in Doddinghurst, #Essex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Reintroduced Marsh Sow-thistle (Sonchus palustris) for #WildflowerHour, @bsbibotany.bsky.social, Thames-side marshes, East London.

One of the Eastbrookend CP Black-poplars (Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia), East London. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #WildflowerHour, #ents, #wetwoodland

Meadow Crane's-bill (Geranium pratense) at Harlow Common, #Essex for #WildflowerHour, @bsbibotany.bsky.social

My pot grown Bromus interruptus is in flower - hurrah! #WildflowerHour, @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) at Chigwell Row Wood LNR #heathland, #Essex for #WildflowerHour, @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at Backwarden NR, Danbury for #WildflowerHour - declining in #Essex due to scrubbing over of #heathland, @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The Ironworks Nature Reserve at #Maldon, #Essex is showing recovery after the recent rains with new grow of reed and other plants. The group and volunteers looking after the site have made a brilliant job by clearing much of the debris.

Lesser Calamint (Clinopodium nepeta) for #Deadnettlefamily, #WildFlowerHour, @bsbibotany.bsky.social. Probably a better candidate for County Flower of #Essex!

❗ ANNOUNCEMENT ❗ It's not currently possibly to safely or easily walk the full length of the Lye Valley after some mindless vandal(s) set fire to part of the boardwalk last night. The City Council are aware of the situation, and are visiting today. @headingtonnews.bsky.social

Out of curiosity does anyone know why plants such as Yellow Archangel and Broad-leaved Willowherb have the species/ subsp name 'montanum' when the bulk of their range is not near mountains. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #WildFlowerHour

Alas unable to complete the #HarebellChallenge for #WildflowerHour but here's a relative instead, Nettle-leaved Bellflower (Campanula trachelium), #Essex, @bsbibotany.bsky.social

After the devastating fire yesterday at Ironworks Meadow Nature Reserve in #Maldon, #Essex donations are being asked for to rebuild the boardwalk and bridge giving people better access to the site. If you would like to donate go to www.gofundme.com/f/chelmer-bl...

Devastating fire at Ironworks Meadow Nature Reserve in #Maldon, #Essex today has burnt the grassland, reedbed and destroyed the boardwalk.

Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) for #WildFlowerHour but especially for @haggewoods.bsky.social. Roadside Nature Reserve on chalky boulder clay at High Laver in #Essex. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

For #WildFlowerHour Common Restharrow (Ononis repens), #HairyPlants, on a RNR at High laver #Essex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A sizable clump of Betony (Betonica officinalis) at Hatch Road Country Park, Brentwood for #WildFlowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Marsh Harrier chicks have fledged at my local nest in the latest 24 hours. Here's one with some fuzz still present on its head. Now I need to find something else to obsess about. #birds #ukwilldlife #ukbirds #wildlifephotography

Two heath grasses for the #GrassChallenge, Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) and Wavy Hair-grass (Avenella flexuosa). #WildFlowerHour, @bsbibotany.bsky.social. Both on the same fragmented heathland, Essex.

Some more pictures of a male marsh harrier bringing breakfast for the kids. 0710 this morning #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #britishbirds #yorkshire

BIG NEWS! We’ve found that ash trees are fighting back against ash dieback disease! 🌳💪 Scientists at Kew & QMUL ‪@qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍 Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience #SciNews

A bit late but for #WildFlowerHour, Trailing St. John's-wort (Hypericum humifusum) and Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) at Chigwell Row Wood LNR Heath, #WildEssex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) at Roughtalley's Wood #WildEssex for #WildFlowerHour

For the #WildFlowerHour #PeaFamily challenge, Grass Vetchling (Lathyrus nissolia), Birds-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) & Smooth Tare (Ervum tetraspermum) various meadows in Essex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Two scramblers for #WildFlowerHour Sweet-briar (Rosa rubiginosa) and White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) near Morton #WildEssex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some more pix from Monday #birds #ukwildlife #seabirds #wildlife #Bempton

Flowering Curled Pondweed (Potamogeton crispa) for #WildFlowerHour at Blackmore village pond #WildEssex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Yellow Pimpernel (Lysimachia nemorum) for #WildFlowerHour at Roughtalley's Wood #WildEssex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

#WildFlowerHour - Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor) and Common Vetch (Vicia sativa subsp sativa) for #WildFlowerShow #WildEssex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

For #WildFlowerHour Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) and Mouse-ear-hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum) #WildFlowerShow #WildEssex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) for #WildFlowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social at Mill Green Common #WildEssex

A Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) for want of a meadow! #WildFlowerHour

Rather boring this week for #WildFlowerHour, #speedwell -pale form of Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) in Writtle, All Saints churchyard, #WildEssex

#HighUpPlants for #WildFlowerHour in Essex wasn't easy! So, here's Heath Dogs-violet, scarce in #WildEssex instead, taken this week in vc18. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Pink Bluebell (Hyacinthoides x massartiana), Ramsons (Allium ursinum) and Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) for #WildFlowerHour at #WoodlandTrust The Mores #WildEssex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) and Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) for #WildFlowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social Weald Country Park #WildEssex

New blog just posted: The Wild Side of Essex - the Colne Valley and Chalkney Wood at Bluebell time www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid... @naturetrek.bsky.social #NatureWriting

Bird place-name of the day 10: EARNLEY (W. Ssx). OE earn + leah. ‘Eagle wood’. Requested by @paul-fletcher.bsky.social. #birdsandplace #naturewriting

Broom (Cytisus scoparius) for #WildFlowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social taken while listening to nightingales on Danbury Common #WildEssex