‘Beside the river’ The Stream, 1976 Artist: David Palmer

Hogweed and Wood Avens flowering next to the back door of the house, too wet on Saturday with 47mm of rain to get out hunting so these will have to do for #Wildflowerhour

“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails” What to Look for in Autumn, 1960 Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist : CF Tunnicliffe

Hazel harvest season, finally I beat the squirrels to them!

“The starlings in this picture are at the halfway stage between their juvenile and adult plumage” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson ‘What to Look for in Autumn’ (1960)

The 17th century gatehouse at Stokesay castle, a stunning example of oak timber framed building. #Timberframed

Greater butterfly orchids have to be my #Favouriteplant for this year, the first time I spotted them was in a hay meadow containing thousands of them. #Wildflowerhour

Chicory being enjoyed by a bee after the recent rain #Wildflowerhour

For the last weekly challenge, we want to know what was your favourite plant that you’ve spotted from across Britain and Ireland this year? Share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #favouriteplant and we’ll celebrate it with you! 🥳🌿🌸

The Sulphur tufts are popping up after the recent wet weather, these are growing on gorse. #Fungifriday

Greater Knapweed - Centaurea scabiosa before and after for the #Seedheads challenge, the seedheads shine in the late summer sun #Wildflowerhour

Cat Moore, Northumberland based printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

And somehow it’s time for the first page of ‘What to Look for in Autumn’. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘The South Hams of Devonshire’ (1951) Artist: SR Badmin

Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)

Dryad's saddle popping out of a Silver maple log. #Fungifriday #Fungi

The gardeners shadow, never far away. #Robin

Some wildflowers have seed heads that are truly spectacular! The challenge this week is to find some and then share your lovely pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #SeedHeads! Any wild or naturalised blooms you find too are of course always welcome!

Swimmers and river lovers of Yorkshire! Rave On for the Avon is coming to York THIS THURSDAY 🏊🏻‍♀️💦💙 Please share… www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail... @righttoroam.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Hare waited as quietness fell over the earth. Swallows turned to bats; day to dusk. She felt herself calm. The moon came to join her and together they sat and listened to the stillness of the night. Tomorrow she’d be wild again, but tonight she’d be as soft as the evening blue. #Hare #WildlifeArt

Damsons for the #Fruits challenge growing well in a hedgerow and hanging heavy under the weight of a bumper crop. #Wildflowerhour

“The tide has again receded over the sand-flats. The remaining framework of a wooden ship is half-sunken in the sand. On one of the ribs a cormorant stands with wings lifted” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

It’s looking a bit like autumn! Plump, luscious fruits are brightening the hedgerows like vibrant jewels, beautiful, but can you identify them? This week find the fruits of wild plants, snap away & post your lovely pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using #fruits 🍒

Rest Harrow, Cross-Leaved Heath, Heather, Harebell Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder (Wild Flowers, 1957)

Common Nettle with a Comma caterpillar happily munching away at its leaves, every few seconds a faint puff of pollen could be witnessed drifting away on the lightest of breezes. #Wildflowerhour

Devils bit scabious and a little hoverfly pollinator, doing there thing in a wet acidic woodland margin. #Wildflowerhour

Gorse and Heather growing on the #Stiperstones bejewelled with a little much needed summer rain. #Wildflowerhour

‘Red Admiral’ Butterflies and Moths, 1965 Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

Stunning Marsh gentian at Skipwith Common yesterday. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #yorkshire

Dark mullein still hanging on and producing valuable flowers while many others have gone to seed. #Wildflowerhour

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #WildflowerHour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted this week from across Britain & Ireland especially if they are members of the #daisyfamily the focus of this week’s challenge!

Yarrow and Ragwort still healthy, Green and flowering well despite the drought conditions. #daisyfamily #Wildflowerhour

“With their strong, short bills the turnstones probe among the wrack and turn over any stones that may be there” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

A bat just hanging out on the wall complete with an atmospheric cobweb. #Bats

The pollinators are enjoying the Tagetes Burning Embers at the moment. Any bee people know who this is, they are much paler than the other bees I commonly see in mid Wales @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Bumblebees

New hope for the Wood White in Wales! 🎉 One of the rarest butterflies in the UK appears to be recolonising Wales decades after the last population died out. It has been recorded at four sites in Powys this summer - including a female laying eggs. 📷: Bob Eade

It’s late summer and the Asteraceae or daisy family are looking just splendid. Perfect for this week’s #WildflowerHour! See if you can find one & share your pics this Sunday evening 8-9pm using the hashtag #DaisyFamily. Happy Asteraceae hunting!

Other work of the Ladybird artists ‘August’ Whitbread calendar, 1971 Artist: SR Badmin

Ragwort and a Drone fly for #Pollinatorpals, not much left in flower on this dry acid grassland apart from a few Harebells and some Yarrow. #Wildflowerhour

'Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt

Holly blue butterfly and Helenium Sahins early flowerer. #Pollinators

“When the corn is ripe, flocks of sparrows raid the heavy-grain ears.” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Ladybird Book of Trees, 1963 Walnut and Dogwood Artist: SR Badmin

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘Life in the Corn’ (Shell Guide, 1956) Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

Chicory flowering in a hedgerow margin, just one patch in the whole area. #Wildflowerhour

Marsh Cudweed? Popping up in a gravel pathway #Wildflowerhour

“On the moorlands crystal clear streams run between boulders. Small waterfalls and rapids empty into pools” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Harvest mice Artist: John Berry (1976)

Common Hemp Nettle for the #DeadNettleFamily challenge showing the flowers and ripe seeds ready to be shaken free #Wildflowerhour

Fools Parsley popping up in the veg plot amongst the potatoes #Wildflowerhour