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 🌱

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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.

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New work evolving in the studio this Autumn…

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

Wood Anemone, Anemone nemerosa, a #favouriteplant in the village woods in Spring #wildflowerhour

Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia, in a local woodland #wildflowerhour #favouriteplant

Pale Dog Violet, Viola lactea, on a Dorset heath #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants

Bastard Toadflax, Thesium humifusum, on the Dorset Downs #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants

Nordic Bladderwort, Utricularia stygia, in a bog in Dorset #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants

Yellow Bird's Nest, Monotropa hypopitys, in another nearby woodland #FavouritePlants #Wildflowerhour

Starved Wood Sedge, Carex depauperata, in a nearby woodland this summer #FavouritePlants #Wildflowerhour

Shaggy Soldier, Galinsoga quadriradiata #wildflowerhour

Storksbill, Erodium cicutarium #wildflowerhour

Water Chickweed, Stellaria aquatica #wildflowerhour

Water Mint, Mentha aquatica #wildflowerhour

Marsh Woundwort, Stachys palustris #wildflowerhour

Gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus #wildflowerhour

Gallingale, Cyperus longus #wildflowerhour

Water Plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica, still flowering in the ditches of Wareham Common yesterday #wildflowerhour

Water Forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpiodies, in the ditches of Wareham Common #wildflowerhour

Ragged Robin, Silene flos-cuculi, Wareham Common yesterday #wildflowerhour

Sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica, Wareham Common #wildflowerhour

Nodding Bur-marigold, Bidens cernua, from a Dorset Flora Group meeting yesterday at Wareham Common. #wildflowerhour

This looks amazing

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!

Silver Birches at Arne.

Marsh Gentian, Gentiana pneumonanthe #wildflowerhour #GentianFamily