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Lucerne or Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) growing in an arable field margin. Seen on a beautiful late summer evening walk. #WildflowerHour

Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) adding bright spots of colour to the dry grasses in this meadow. #WildflowerHour

Not much flowering in the woods now, but there was a lovely patch of Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) adding a splash of colour to the greens of the woodland. #WildflowerHour

Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) on Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire this afternoon. The pink flowers of this shrubby creeping bush are now starting to take over from the pink of the fragrant orchids. #WildflowerHour

Last week's hot weather had baked most of the orchids on Rodborough Common to a crisp, but a few were clinging on: Pyramidal orchid, white Fragrant Orchid, pink Fragrant Orchid and a Bee Orchid. #WildflowerHour #Orchids

Last week's hot weather had baked most of the orchids on Rodborough Common to a crisp, but a few were clinging on including this upside down Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) #WildflowerHour #Orchids

Ashton Court meadows, Bristol showing how sympathetic management for wildlife can happily sit alongside recreation for a large urban population. #WildflowerHour #UrbanPlants

Thousands of Common Fragrant Orchids (Gymnadenia conopsea) flowering across Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire yesterday. The strong breeze made photography challenging! #WildflowerHour #Orchids

One of the 7 orchid wonders of Dorset - the Great Pyramidals of Weymouth 10.06.25. They certainly made this Giza happy! 🤪 #orchid @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Broomrape, probably Common (Orobanche minor) and Pyramidal orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis) were the standout flowering plants seen today in Gloucestershire. Very late for #WildflowerHour

A few from Gloucestershire's Golden Valley today at Daneway Banks and Strawberry Bank Nature Reserves @gloswildlife.bsky.social. The drought has had a noticeably negative impact on the flora at both sites. Common Columbine, Greater Knapweed and Dyer's Greenweed. #WildflowerHour

Navelwort or Wall Pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris) is currently enjoying its moment all along the wall leading up to our village church. Some absolute units amongst them! #WildflowerHour #Wildflowers

Late yesterday, just before dusk, a thick mist formed in the warm evening air after a sudden downpour, turning this urban park into an ethereal landscape 🧚🏻‍♀️

The Bluebells on Skomer Island are just spectacular at the moment. Also loving the Sea Campion, so pretty and the Puffins look great in amongst all the flowers. #wildflowerhour

A Hawthorn tree encrusted with flowers, whilst thunder rolled around the Cotswold Edge. #WildflowerHour

A miniature purple forest of Bugle flowers (Ajuga reptans) for #WildflowerHour #Wildflowers

Early Halloween decorations 🎃 or the ghostly silken webs of the Ermine moth? I tried not to get tangled up with the writhing caterpillars that were dangling on silken threads as they broke free from the tree! #NaturePhotography #Caterpillars #Moths @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

Like delicate ballerina-pink tutus dancing on long stems, the Water Avens (Geum rivale) are showing well in the damp grassy areas at Lower Woods Nature Reserve, South Gloucestershire. #WildflowerHour #Wildflowers #NaturePhotography @gloswildlife.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula) in the calcareous shallow soils at Selsley Common near Stroud, Gloucestershire. A windy site due to the SW facing aspect of its steep slopes. #WildflowerHour #Wildflowers #NaturePhotography

Thousands of Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) flowering in the grassland and meadows at Ashton Court, Bristol. A real success story for the sympathetic management of shared open spaces for wildlife👏🏻 #WildflowerHour #Bristol #Wildflowers #Meadows #NaturePhotography

Hundreds of Cowslips flowering in the meadow within our local ancient woodland. Such a delight 💛 #SundayYellow #Wildflowers #Woodland #NaturePhotography

A little patch of heaven on earth for Earth Day 💙💚 A carpet of fragrant English Bluebells in our local ancient hazel/oak/ash woodland. #EarthDay #Bluebells #Woodland #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers

Blue sky and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) yesterday at Lower Woods Nature Reserve, South Gloucestershire for #BlueSkyMonday #Bluebells #NaturePhotography @gloswildlife.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) adding some sparkle to our local hedgerows and verges 🤍💚 #WildflowerHour #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers

Carpets of fragrant English Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in Lower Woods Nature Reserve, South Gloucestershire 💙💚 #WildflowerHour #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #Woodland @gloswildlife.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

The recent rain seems to have helped the Bluebells fulfil their peak potential in Lower Woods Nature Reserve, South Gloucestershire. Such a glorious sight 💙💚 #WildflowerHour #Bluebells #Woodland #WildFlowers @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

The first flowering orchid of the year is always special - a single Early Purple-orchid in a glade at Bedford Purlieus NNR. Parts of the woodland floor were smothered with Wood Anemones, while the yellow-green flowers of Wood Spurge lit up the ride margins #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

It's Bluebell time...💙💙💙 #WildflowerHour #Bluebells #BlueSkyMonday #NaturePhotography

It's Bluebell time in our local ancient woodland - my absolute favourite time of year 💙💜💙 #WildflowerHour #BlueSkyMonday #NaturePhotography #Bluebells

False Oxlip (Primula veris x vulgaris), a hybrid of cowslip and primrose (left) and Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) in our local, ancient woodland for #WildflowerHour #WoodlandPlants

Common Speedwell (Veronica persica) and Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) scattered through the grass in our local churchyard #WildflowerHour

Hawthorn (left) and Blackthorn (right) encrusted with dainty white blossom. The hedgerows have become transformed into white billowy boundaries over the last few days 🤍 #WildflowerHour

A sunny yellow Cowslip (Primula veris) enjoying the sunshine on Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire for #WildflowerHour

Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) - remnants of a bygone woodland on Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire for #WoodlandPlants #WildflowerHour

A patch of delicate pale yellow Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) revealing the elongated, pale green, hairy #sepals that form the calyx 💛💚 #WildflowerHour

The first of the Blackthorn blossom is starting to explode across the hedgerows in the local woods, offset perfectly by today's glorious blue sky. Lovely green #sepals for #WildflowerHour.

Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) shining like fallen stars on the woodland floor. What a beautiful spot for a Mother's Day walk in the sunshine 🤍💛💚 #WildflowerHour #Wildflowers

Common Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria) flowers just emerging from the earth, unfurling like Ballerina pink alien grubs 🩷 Growing on hazel roots on an old sunken wood bank that forms part of The Cotswold Way. #WildflowerHour #NaturePhotography

Common they may be, but I love the muted greys in this stack of Turkey Tails (Trametes versicolor) seen yesterday in #Gloucestershire #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

My first Wood Anemone of the year shining like a star amongst the brown, decaying bracken and a Green Hellebore putting on a viridian show on a newly clear-felled roadside verge in #Gloucestershire. Completely missed #WildflowerHour last night🤦🏻‍♀️ #Wildflowers #Spring

A trio of #YellowFlowers flowering in South Gloucestershire this week - Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) and Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for #WildflowerHour #SundayYellow

Such beautiful light this evening 🧡 #Sunset #Sky #Silhouettes

A beautiful day to check in on this gentle giant - Wickwar's ancient 'Electric Oak' (ancient tree inventory id 10297). Not too much longer to wait until its leaves start unfurling🌳 #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #NaturePhotography

Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire yesterday for #WildflowerHour

I found some much needed calm and beauty at Westonbirt Arboretum this afternoon in these exquisite Camellias 🩷 #Flowers #Gloucestershire #Gardens

Introducing these charming, slightly rudimentary, grotesques inhabiting the four inside corners of Wickwar Holy Trinity's 14th century tower. Particularly love the owl and the grinning plump-cheeked face top left 😀 #Churches #LocalHistory #Carving #Gloucestershire #SouthGloucestershire

What a colour combination! 💙💛 Hazel catkins in the sunshine at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire yesterday for #WildflowerHour. #NaturePhotography #SundayYellow #Spring

Not much more in flower this weekend after a cold, interminably grey week. A few patches of primroses and snowdrops braving the cold, but most plants are still some way behind this time last year. #WildflowerHour #Snowdrops #Primroses #Flowers #February

Snowdrops and primroses brightening up a cold, grey walk this afternoon in South Gloucestershire #WildflowerHour #NationalSnowdropDay #Snowdrops #February