Pretty silver on this Silver-studded blue, from Edmund Sandars, ‘A Butterfly book for the pocket’ (1939).

We're looking forward to the #BSBI #NewYearPlantHunt and there's 3 group hunts registered in Dorset if you'd like to join us. bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

I thought I’d share a few of my favourite photos by other people that I’ve seen on this platform in 2025. A slowly evolving thread. 🧵

From a carpark in Blandford Forum this morning, Red Dead Nettle, Smooth Sow Thistle, Common Field Speedwell, Yarrow, a Daisy & White Dead Nettle.

Be aware! I didn't know this... "With one of those treatments you could remove every single invertebrate out of 25 Olympic swimming pools of water". So a polite request to dog owners... Please be careful what anti-flea treatments you use on your pets. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...

Silver Birches at Arne. Peace & Joy etc. X

'The Running of the Deer' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart

Sphagnum divinum, austinii and beothuk #moss #bryophyte

A 'Tuesday Trio' for day 16 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar Left: Anacamptis fragrans Middle: Anacamptis x kallithea (hybrid of fragrans & sancta) Right: Anacamptis sancta #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Postcard live from the field, from our intrepid tour leader Michele Viganò, currently wintering somewhere in the Sahara... And what a stunning image it is too! A beautiful portrait of a Red-necked Nightjar. Some more daytime denizens of the desert coming up next week...

Wandering in the woods this morning.

Have you checked out our 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland yet? Free to download in 3 digital formats!

Golden-eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on an apple tree in the village orchard.

The dunes at Studland last week.

Help us unlock the Plants of the Past, by supporting volunteers to digitise decades of paper records & inform C21st science! @biggive.bsky.social From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

It was misty and cold in the woods this morning but the sun was trying to break through ❄️

Black Friday Sale!!! Christmas Charity Prints only £15 each. Or 3 for £40. Or 4 for £50. Every penny goes to supporting two organisations helping vulnerable children. circa35mm.com/art-store/p/...

November. The village woods.

A few fungi from some favourite local haunts in Dorset.

These calendars are an inexpensive way to own some of Jo's beautiful multi-exposure layered compositions.

Beech masts, late autumn in a north Dorset woodland.

A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI

Jackdaws by the north Winterborne chalk stream.

Devil's Fingers, Clathrus archeri, on a Dorset heath today. #wildfungihour

Golden-eye lichen, Teloschisties chrystophthalmus, from a wander in a local wood pasture this morning.

#lichenGBI Unexpected on Larch twigs covered with Physcia tenella and Xanthoria parietina - a solitary Teloschistes chrysophthalmos! #lichen

Sorbus torminalis, Wild Service, Invertebrate Associates Often seen in wood pasture. Late spring–early summer flowers are insect pollinated. Fast growing, light demanding, timber v. durable, lifespan c 100–200 yrs. Supports c.30 spp. inverts. 📷Reitter & Abel, Württembergische Landesbibliothek 🌱

My 2026 calendar is now available, if you'd like one, or to take a look, please follow this link: lovefromtheartist.com/Home/ArtistC... thanks x

A tiny and carnivorous, Pale Butterwort, Pinguicula lusitanica, flowering on Stoborough Heath on Wednesday.

Sycamore leaves in a local wood

Yellow-horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, on Brownsea Island #wildflowerhour

Common Mouse-ear, Cerastium fontanum #wildflowerhour

Narrow-leaved Michaelmas Daisy, Symphyotrichum lanceloatum & spider, on a verge up the lane. #wildflowerhour

It's #WorldAlgaeDay! Japanese algologist Kintaro Okamura (1867-1935) provided taxonomies & descriptions in English & Japanese for his monumental work "Nihon sorui zufu" / "Icones of Japanese Algae" (1907-1942). Find it in #BHLib via #MBLWHOILibrary www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪

Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot. #birds

Narrow-leaved Michalmas Daisy, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, flowering on a verge earlier today.

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One on the phone from our walk around High Dam this morning. #googlepixel9 #snapseed

Yellow-horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, on Brownsea Island today.

Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter? We just launched our Winter Webinar programme! 7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb. Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend! Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

Golden Eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on a Hawthorn in ancient wood pasture up the lane.

The pond a mile up the lane from my house.

I spent yesterday in the company of Mosses & Liverworts on a Dorset Flora Group Bryophyte workshop.

Beech leaves.

Coming soon: 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland'. This latest title, no.26 in the series of #BSBIHandbooks for tricky plant groups, has just gone to the printers! Available for #BSBImembers to pre-order now at the discount price of £16 (vs RRP £25). Sample pages here: bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...

Some fungi from a walk in the woods this morning.

Sanfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia #favouriteplant #wildflowerhour

Lots of Heathers; Ling, Cross-leaved, Bell, Cornish, Dorset & the hybrid between Dorset & Cross-leaved, Erica watsonii, I can't pick just one #favouriteplant for #wildflowerhour