A striking display of wild clematis growing through barberry.

Really cool story about long-distance pollen transport by migratory hoverflies. The actual research paper is here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

@lincswildlife.bsky.social Spent an hour picking litter from a LWT roadside reserve. When I took the two sacks of rubbish, a broken traffic cone, and a huge piece of wood to the local recycling centre this gorgeous creature made an appearance! Transported back to safety in a bag for life.

I gave in... here's a collection of some of the amazing flowers I've seen this year... Mostly orchids, and I'm not naming them, you have to work it out 😉 #WildflowerHour #FavouritePlant Looking forward to finding them all again, and more, in 2026 🍻 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The last orchids of the year at Swaddywell NR near Peterborough, two perfect Autumn Lady's-tresses, their creamy white flowers spiralling upwards to the dizzy heights of 10cm, dancing in the grass with a seedling Dog-rose... #wildflowerhour #orchids @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some lovely Autumn Gentians flowering on the verge of the road to Helmsley, but only tiny. #WildflowerHour #GentianFamily thanks to @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who knew where to find them

From the field margins of Lincolnshire for #WildflowerHour

Hover Mimic Hoverfly on Knapweed for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #PollinatorPals

I’ve been working on some brand new t-shirt designs. 
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Scarlet Pimpernel, Lysimachia arvensis, growing along a track in Wareham Forest. #wildflowerhour

Beautiful scenes of Harebell in acid grassland, Leicestershire. #HarebellChallenge #wildflowerhour

Harebells #WildflowerHour on @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route Ripponden to Cragg Vale in #Yorkshire

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social Roadside Reserve for #WildflowerHour.

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please retweet. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

New painting: 'Alone But Not Alone'. Now available: wormwoodstubbs.com #naiveart #contemporaryart

So chuffed to have my Bombus painting on the cover of the John Clare Society’s journal for July! Thank you, Simon, for thinking of my art for this @kovesi.bsky.social 💛 Here’s a little peek… #JohnClare #johnclarepoetry #JohnClareSociety

I’m launching a brand new range of t-shirts tomorrow! Want to get your hands on one when they launch? Join my mailing list gailmyerscough.co.uk

@dartmoorcollective.org commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...

You may recall that I was caught up in the collapse of publishers Unbound. I now have the rights to my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? And I have a lot of them to get rid of. So if you felt like buying one I might see my office floor again before 2027. levparikian.com/index.php/pr...

@sarahlambert7.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you. commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...

Can you help find Sussex's breeding Hawfinches by locating cherry trees and looking for split cherry stones? See www.sos.org.uk/archives/6421 Thank you! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social

@katebradbury.bsky.social A bucket of water with some grass in it? Not the most convincing instructions to help put frogs in the hot weather. www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/ga...

Needed to do some work on the train home so shelled out for a first class ticket. Where I’m sitting on the floor! Honestly, I travel the world by train and so many countries get it so right. Why can’t we? 😢

Beware ⚠️ Holiday booking scam alert You book your accommodation via one of those website You get what looks like an authentic message saying “Your reservation is at risk’: Beware the Booking.com scam Thieves are using phishing attacks to get customer details www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...

And another from @virginialady16.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/virg...

A gut-wrenching reminder that conspiracy theories and pseudoscience kills innocent people. The extent to which Paloma’s care was influenced by her mother’s delusions is horrifying. Beyond tragic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Shimmering Symphony' quilt by Karlee Porter, contemporary US quilter and textile artist #WomensArt

Last shout for this webinar on adaptive teaching that I'm running next week. Please share. Thank you! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...

Two out of every three people with Alzheimer’s are women, and the greatest risk factor after old age is being a woman. A Nature Outlook article shows how a decade of research studying the effects of sex and gender on the disease is starting to bear fruit. #medsky #alzsky 🧪

When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

If you hear me on Radio 4's The Verb, Sun, June 1, 5.10 pm, & are intrigued by my prose book, 'Village', do visit the village at my website. You can make sure you''ll hear when the book is out & receive extra stories & photos of a grateful village! All free! LINK TO WEBSITE IN COMMENTS

Seven new greetings card designs, have you heard of this amazing woman ?! She’s so unwell she can only sit an hour a day in her wheelchair and yet she still manages to take photos most weeks …🤣 #Dartmoor #Devon #landscape #disability #photography. thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com

Pascal update: outrageous behaviour!

My first adaptive teaching webinar sold out in just a couple of days so I've added another date. This one is pay what you can (any donation is fine). Please repost. Thank you! #Edusky www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...

Green Bin Day, 2020. A view up the road on 27th May when the garden waste collection was reinstated after the Covid lockdown. The weather that year was excellent for sketching outdoors... Shame we couldn't go anywhere. @grimartgroup.bsky.social #PenArt #sketchbook #drawing #ArtYear

Barn owls are amazing, especially when nurtured and deployed in place of toxic rodenticides. I wrote about "Owls for Peace" for @natureportfolio.nature.com back in 2018. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I got these beautiful notebooks featuring the Pennine Tower at Forton Services on the M6 from @gailmyerscough.co.uk's shop. Go and do likewise 🙂

Your weekly reminder that Unbound/Boundless should be avoided at all costs.

May? Hardly any mildew on the cornflowers and the peonies have not been beaten to the ground by rain. How splendid! 🌱🌧️

My Etsy shop's now open for small & large limited ed'n fine art signed mounted prints & frameable greetings cards of my botanical collections. I design my photos using recent research so that they dial down your fight or flight/stress response just by looking at them: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

First wild rose of the year for #WildflowerHour

Bluebell, stitchwort and yellow archangel for #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Our new Mental Health Award is open for applications. 📢 We’re offering up to £5 million per award to use longitudinal datasets to find early signs of anxiety, depression or psychosis. Learn more at our informational webinar on 7 May ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

Kate's books are always full of hope, despite dealing with big tough subjects like the climate. Do go vote for this - or read it if you haven't! If you're into gardening, nature, the environment and you haven't come across her yet - now's your chance! 🌱

Are Lily Beetles devouring your Snake’s Head Fritillaries too? There’s an RHS survey. 🌱 www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...

Unbound did precisely fuck-all PR for my book when it came out, despite promises. Didn't even send copies to the obvious people. It was a Brexit satire. Easiest sell on earth at the time. I wouldn't piss on Archna Sharma and John Mitchinson if they were on fire. Avoid their revived Boundless brand.

Kitchen Still Life, 1992 By artist Winifred Fergus (b.1961) #WomensArt

It does not go against Greensky's rules at all :) Please help out Joseph with this interesting research project on public perception of clean tech integrated into transmissions lines (really interesting) -->> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #greensky