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Couldn't get any closer to photograph this, on bank of a Fens river, can you tell what, #wildflowerID ? #wildflowerhour

Couldn't meet this week's challenge, but here is some lovely Vipers Bugloss in Swaffham Forest, mid Norfolk, for #wildflowerhour

Churchyards can be good for more than pushing up the daisies - they can be absolute havens for wildlife of many descriptions, including wildflowers. This week's @wildflowerhour.bsky.social challenge is to see what #ChurchyardFlowers you can find in God's Acre...

To finish this 🧵 let's sweep back down the River Nar into the sinking sun, over glistening skeins of aquatic plants, under and over fallen trees, scattering Roach, Grayling & Trout as we go (you can see why I usually go upstream, so avoiding fish disturbance!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=grlF.... 25/25

Have you been taking part in #NoMowMay or opting for a #NoMowSummer? The challenge this week is to show us your #LawnFlowers! No lawn? See what’s blooming in another local grassed area instead. Share your pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy flower hunting! 🌸🌾🌼

It’s that time of year when social media just seems to be full of gorgeous orchid pics! The challenge this week is to see if you can find one! Share your orchidaceous finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #OrchidChallenge.

It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour! Please share pix of wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland, esp. orchids for this week's #OrchidChallenge! Mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!

Small Toadflax, Chaenorhinum minus, actually on a railway line (disused), mid Norfolk, for #WildflowerHour

Though few orchids, there were other lovely plants, including ragged robin, eyebright (some blue, some pink), Valerian and red Campion, Scarning Fen, mid Norfolk, for #WildflowerHour

Just one or two for #OrchidChallenge, mid Norfolk, for #WildflowerHour . Leaves of early purple orchid, and is this a Heath spotted orchid, #wildflowerID? Usually loads of several types here, don’t know if it’s too late, too dry, too poorly managed…

Yellow rattle and oxeye daisies, masses of the latter around, mid Norfolk, for #WildflowerHour

Rough chervil, goose grass, mignonette or weld?, wild strawberry (I think they are, and I hope so) or barren strawberry #wildflowerID? First in mid Norfolk, last three in the Brecks, for #WildflowerHour

River Wensum, Norwich, thoughts and photos from those that love it

Don't miss your chance to nominate a dedicated ornithologist, group, young person or volunteer for the BTO and Marsh Awards! Nominate via www.bto.org/awards and acknowledge their valuable contribution to nature conservation! 😀 📝 Closing date is 31 May

A lovely, interesting and wide-ranging discussion about the river Wensum in Norfolkconducted by the students at UEA and locals who care about their river in various ways – swimmers, anglers, boaters, walkers and ecologists and more. Do have a look! www.canva.com/design/DAHJp...

Help us map Northern Ireland's wild plants! The #BotanicalSkillsNI project is building a community of botanical recorders to support nature recovery. Learn via our webinars: bit.ly/BSBI-NI-Webi... Check out our project and events: bsbi.org/take-part/pr... Let's make every record count!

New showing of the beautiful, moving film Our Land, on the @righttoroam.bsky.social debate @cornexchangenew.bsky.social Newbury, 15-20th May. Q&A (19th) with the brilliant @hollyastle.bsky.social, me & @stevemasters.bsky.social @metfilmstudio.com Some of it home ground. Compelling storytelling.

Some a week later for #ButtercupChallenge, in Herts, spearwort (?), celery leave crowfoot, (not buttercups:) Brooklime, cut leaved cranesbill, for #WildflowerHour

You can’t have too many photos of Shepherds Parsley (as we call it in Suffolk and Norfolk) for #CarrotsAndPeas this #WildflowerHour - first in Herts, rest in Norfolk

Shepherds Parsley (as we call it in Suffolk and Norfolk), red campion, and a vetch – upright, I think, for #CarrotsAndPeas this #WildflowerHour

Know what your May 7 local election vote is for - its local issues. Don't be misled.

Robin took part in a day of filming for the 'Folk Who Roam' documentary with Hardy Violins and Rosie Butler-Hall last summer. You can find out more via www.folkwhoroam.co.uk and get tickets for the Sheffield launch screening on May 17th via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-who-r... Photo by Cat Vinton

"Orban Wallace’s film about the @righttoroam.bsky.social movement shows us a campaigning group with a simple, reasonable aim: to give walkers in England & Wales the same rights that people have in Scotland" A glowing 4-star review of OUR LAND from Peter Bradshaw www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

First Fumitory I have seen this year, arable field edge, Suffolk for #WildflowerHour

Arable field edge in Suffolk, sorry haven't tried looking up yet, but can you tell me what this is? #WildflowerID #WildflowerHour

Lovely buttercup meadow, with clover and more, by river Nene near Peterborough (Splash Lane) for #ButtercupChallenge #WildflowerHour

Cranesbill in Hampshire for #wildflowerhour

Stitchwort, purple comfrey, ivy leaved speedwell in Hampshire for #wildflowerhour

Hawthorn much further out in flower in Hampshire (compared with Norfolk) for #wildflowerhour

More bluebells this week, west Norfolk for #wildflowerhour

Apologies for the terrible photos, some kind of tiny forget-me-not, West Norfolk for #wildflowerhour Apologies yet again for not having time to look these up, so grateful if you can help, #wildflowerID

One of the field pansies – I always get those confused, West Norfolk for #wildflowerhour Apologies yet again for not having time to look these up, so grateful if you can help, #wildflowerID.

One of the cranesbills, mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour Apologies yet again for not having time to look these up, so grateful if you can help, #wildflowerID.

I think mouse ear, west Norfolk for #wildflowerhour Apologies yet again for not having time to look these up, so grateful if you can help, #wildflowerID.

Garlic mustard in Hampshire and mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour for #CabbageChallenge

White lady’s smock in Hampshire for #wildflowerhour for #CabbageChallenge

lady’s smock in profusion, mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour for #CabbageChallenge

Belatedly #CowslipChallenge in mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour, lots around now

Although not necessarily #WoodlandPlants these were on the edge of woodland in mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour – perfoliate Claytonia, Green alkanet

#TreeFlowers and #WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour – cherry, bird cherry, silver birch, blackthorn

#WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour – only leaves so far – lily of the valley, wood sage – and wood spurge, hairy bittercress – Hockering Wood

#WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour – wood sorrel, greater stitchwort, yellow archangel not quite yet in flower, and barren strawberry – Hockering Wood

#WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour – garlic mustard, dogs mercury, lords and ladies, and just outside the wood some white dead nettles and periwinkles (Vinca major) – Hockering Wood

More classic #WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour – lesser celandine, Ramsons, primrose, and ground ivy – Hockering Wood

Classic #WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour – bluebells of course, along with a wood anemone, Hockering Wood

#wildflowerID no idea what this is, possibly a garden escape but no gardens nearby #WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour

#wildflowerID Fairly sure these are common dog violets – #WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour

#wildflowerID a speedwell – I don’t know which – #WoodlandPlants mid Norfolk for #wildflowerhour

What can you find flowering in woodland? That’s the challenge this week from Wildflowerhour! Post your finds using the hashtag #WoodlandPlants for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy flower-hunting!