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Ecology, Fungi and the great outdoors
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Teasel at sunset with a dusting of snow and ice.
2 months ago
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Helen Day
2 days ago
âRobinâ Artist: Ronald Lampitt (Birds and how they Live, 1965)
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Moira O'Donnell
4 days ago
I told this Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, along the banks of the New River that it was still only March, but it didn't seem to care.
#WildflowerHour
#SignsOfSpring
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Wild garlic growing on the base of twin trees in a tributary running down to the River Plym in Holt Wood, Plymouth
#Devon
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Goat willow-Salix caprea a male tree just starting to show hints of pollen on the dew laden catkins
#Wildflowerhour
4 days ago
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The first Wood anemones-Anemonoides nemorosa in flower on a sunny bank
#Wildflowerhour
4 days ago
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Gorse-Ulex europaeus always in flower but seems to be liking the longer spring days, many local bushes suffered snow damage in January but it has opened up the understory for the foxgloves!
#Wildflowerhour
4 days ago
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Mistletoe-Viscum album in flower on an apple tree
#Wildflowerhour
4 days ago
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Daffodils-Narcissus pseudonarcissus and a soggy Tree Bumblebee on a misty, cool afternoon
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4 days ago
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Helen Day
4 days ago
âViolet and coltsfoot are among the first Spring flowers. Growing among the roots of the trees are violets and lesser celandineâ Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Helen Day
11 days ago
âIn the first week of March the wind blows hard, swaying the reeds and bushes and bending the big trees beyond the lake to its cold breath.â The first page of âWhat to Look for in Springâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson
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Colt's-foot - Tussilago farfara yellow flowers popping through the wet grassland in the sunshine.
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11 days ago
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Helen Day
16 days ago
Other work by the Ladybird artists âCurlews And Turnstonesâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Helen Day
17 days ago
Other work by the Ladybird artists âNuthatchâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Lesser celandine - a little ray of sunshine on a steep, wet bank, caught between showers.
#Wildflowerhour
18 days ago
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Helen Day
19 days ago
âAfter the snow has melted, western winds have brought mild weather, and when the sun shines many signs of springtime appearâ Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe âWhat to Look for in Winter, 1959â
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First bird of my day: a Song Thrush singing in the rain, sheltering in the relative comfort of a yew tree.
#Firstbirdofmyday
22 days ago
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Helen Day
23 days ago
Other work of the Ladybird artists. âMissel Thrushâ, 1937 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Yew - Taxus baccata pollen laden flowers just starting to open on what seems to be a very rare sunny day.
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25 days ago
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Helen Day
26 days ago
âSnow has fallen again, as it will sometimes do in Februaryâ What to Look for in Winter, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson
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Helen Day
29 days ago
âThe farmer is sowing his corn in the large field that has been ploughed and harrowedâ âWhat to Look for in Winterâ, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson
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Dr Jill Whitelock
about 1 month ago
Canât wait for it to be like this. Spring scene with insects, from âBrehms Tierlebenâ (Leipzig, 1892). Waddleton.b.1.146
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Helen Day
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âFebruary. Another cold, dead month, or so it seems. The elms are bare against the sky, the plough-ground is naked and wet, and still as brown as the sodden leaves. Yet the world is waking upâ. Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder (ShellGuide, 1955)
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Helen Day
about 1 month ago
Other work by the Ladybird artists. âFebruary in the Weald of Kentâ Artist: SR Badmin
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Primula vulgaris my first Primrose of the year, spring is on the way!
#Wildflowerhour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Peter Gibbs
about 1 month ago
Another reason to leave the flail in the barn for a year or two Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/30/wales-brown-hairstreak-butterfly-landowners-conservation?CMP=share_btn_url
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Helen Day
about 2 months ago
âStarlings are flying in converging flocks towards their roosting placeâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
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Helen Day
about 2 months ago
Other work of the Ladybird artists. âGoldfinchâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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BSBI Botany
about 2 months ago
We're hiring! Could you become our new Wales Officer, lead our Priority Plants Project & support
#BSBICountyRecorders
across Wales? Apply here:
bsbi.org/about/people...
Deadline: 23 February Interested but not for you? Please help us spread the word!
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Red dead-nettle and Groundsel for todays offering, not much else apart from gorse in flower at the moment.
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about 2 months ago
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Helen Day
about 2 months ago
âFootprints in the snowâ What to look for in Winter, 1959 Artist: CFTunnicliffe
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Helen Day
about 2 months ago
Other work of the Ladybird artists âThawâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Helen Day
2 months ago
âAt the edge of the mereâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
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Helen Day
2 months ago
Other work of the Ladybird artists. âWinter Landscapeâ Artist: Rowland Hilder
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Helen Day
2 months ago
Robin Uncle Macâs ABC (1950) Artist: Septimus Scott
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Gorse flowering under a blanket of snow, always in flower!
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2 months ago
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Helen Day
2 months ago
Pictures that explain things. Trees in Winter (back endpapers) Artist: SR Badmin, 1963
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Hawthorn - a little confused about the season it seems.
#Wildflowerhour
2 months ago
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Teasel at sunset with a dusting of snow and ice.
2 months ago
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Helen Day
2 months ago
âTo the left of the stile a hawthorn tree, bent by the prevailing wind, has a rich harvest of berriesâ. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson
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Helen Day
2 months ago
Other work of the Ladybird artists. Winter scene Artist: SR Badmin
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Helen Day
2 months ago
Before it was all on our phones âIf we want to know if it is going to rain or whether the rain is likely to stop, we look up at the cloudsâ Artist: Robert Ayton The Weather (1962)
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Helen Day
2 months ago
âJanuaryâ (Shell Guide, Flowers of the Countryside, 1955) Artists: Edith and Rowland Hilder
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Common Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale a welcome ray of sunshine in the midst of winter.
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2 months ago
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Helen Day
2 months ago
Other work by the Ladybird artists âGusty Twilightâ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Helen Day
2 months ago
âHedge-banks and ditches are russet with the browns and yellows of the dead bracken fronds. The distant trees show mistily in the winter airâ Writer: EL GrantWatson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Helen Day
3 months ago
Ladybird Nature Corner. Yellowhammer Artist: Allen Seaby
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Velvet shank - Flammulina velutipes growing on a gorse stem in a newly cleared area of scrub.
#Fungi
#Fungifriday
3 months ago
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Helen Day
3 months ago
âIn the holly tree, which is rich with red berries, fieldfares, redwings, and mistle-thrushes are busy feedingâ Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
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Mistletoe - Viscum album growing on an apple tree and glowing in the afternoon sun đ.
#Mistletoe
#Wildflowerhour
3 months ago
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Hairy curtain crust and Turkey tail fruiting well on an old oak log
#Fungi
3 months ago
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