A delicate pink and white flower of Dog rose, Rosa canina with a tiny Pollen Beetle on one petal and a small black Tachinid Fly on another 🩷🤍 #WildWebsWednesday #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling #InsectThursday #WildFlowers #Pollinators

Feeding time at the lake in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social for the resident Moorhen families #WildlifeWednesday #WednesdayWildlife #UKWildlife #Birds #UrbanWildlife #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime

A large mature Algerian Oak, Quercus Canariensis, seen yesterday (despite the autumnal-looking fallen leaves on the ground) in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Some 'not so tiny' wildflowers seen this week: Cuckoo Flower, Deadly Nightshade, Greater Periwinkle, Oxeye Daisy, Red Clover, Hedgerow Crane's-bill, Perennial Flax, Smooth Sow-thistle, Germander Speedwell, Three-cornered Leek #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Wood Avens, Geum urbanum (Herb Bennet), seen this week in Cambridgeshire 💛 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

For #WildflowerHour some #TinyPlants with #TinyFlowers seen in Cambridgeshire: Corn Speedwell, Sticky Mouse-ear, Ivy-leaved Speedwell Hairy Bittercress, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Shepherd's Purse Common Cornsalad, Cleavers, Ivy-leaved Toadflax @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

An eye-catching Gum Rockrose, Cistus ladanifer flower with a golden-yellow centre and magenta coloured flashes on each delicate white petal; seen this week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 💛 #SundayYellow #Stunday #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #MagentaMonday

Looking for wildflowers in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social and met a rather tame fox which easily retrieved its hidden slice of bread, sniffed it but then threw it aside and set off in search of something more appetising presumably! 🦊 #Foxes #WildlifeWednesday #WednesdayWildlife #UKWildlife #FoxFriday

A small black Tachinid fly visiting a Bramble flower, a significant source of nectar and pollen #WildWebsWednesday #WildFlowers #InsectThursday

On a recent sunny day, a Golden Weeping Willow with its branches draping over the lake in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, with sunlight filtering through creating dappled light and casting shadows on the ferns and other foliage surrounding its base #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Common Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum, in flower and in bud, seen this week in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire #StarOfBethlehem #WhiteFlowers #WildflowerHour

Red Campion, Silene dioica, seen this week in Cambridge 🩷 #CarrotsandPeas #PeaFamily #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

White Campion, Silene latifolia, seen this week in Cambridge 🤍 #CarrotsandPeas #PeaFamily #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Bright yellow flowers of Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus, seen this week in Cambridge 💛 #CarrotsandPeas #PeaFamily #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Seen today at Wandlebury Country Park in Cambridgeshire, a bright Yellow Flag Iris in flower by the edge of the pond, with sunlight highlighting its petals 💛 #SundayYellow #Stunday #FlowersOnSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour

Rosy Garlic, Allium roseum, seen this week in Cambridge #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers #PinkFlowers #BloomScrolling

A sun-dappled, shaded woodland footpath, surrounded by green foliage and tall trees in the National Trust's Anglesey Abbey in #Cambridgeshire #FootpathFriday @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

A Manna Ash tree with its delicate creamy-white flowers that were beginning to appear when seen last week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

From last year (26 March 2025), on a #BlueSkyDay a view across the lake at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social with #reflections of the Weeping Willows and other trees in the calm water #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflections

A selection of wildflowers seen this week in Cambridgeshire whilst looking for the Buttercups that are shown separately (Names in ALT text) #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

For this week's #ButtercupChallenge, the Meadow Buttercup (I think?) with spreading sepals, a smooth flower stalk and a leaf with narrow pointed lobes #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

For this week's #ButtercupChallenge, the Bulbous Buttercup with reflexed sepals, a hairy grooved flower stalk and a 3-lobed leaf with the central leaf on a long stalk #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A vibrant orange Pot Marigold, Calendula officinalis, seen this week in Cambridgeshire 🧡 #SundayOrange #Stunday #FlowersonSunday #ColorADay #ColourADay #OrangeSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling

For #FingerpostFriday, 'Trails and tales; The Wind in the Willows' from the National Trust's Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire 🍃 @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

A Black-headed Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa coccinea enjoying the sun on a Sycamore leaf; seen on Monday this week in the woodland area of the National Trust's Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire #InsectThursday #Beetles @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

A 7-spot ladybird feeding on Cow Parsley, one of 2 plants sometimes referred to as 'Queen Anne's Lace' because the delicate white flowers resemble lace (the other plant is Wild Carrot) #WildWebsWednesday #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQueens

Another lovely mature Horse Chestnut tree in the grounds of #Cambridge University's Downing College (see ALT text for details) #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Greater Stitchwort, Rabelera holostea, seen this week in Cambridgeshire #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

At each corner, white flowers seen in Cambridgeshire hedgerows this week, with a selection of the wide variety found alongside or below the hedges (See ALT text for details) #HedgerowChallenge #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A white form of Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum growing as an #UrbanPlant in Cambridge #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum seen this week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social (with evidence of a rust fungus on its leaves) 💛🍃 #SundayYellow #Stunday #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour

As ever, remembering those from all nations who served in the #Gallipoli Campaign, especially my grandfather, a 1st Bn #RoyalDublinFusilier who landed on V beach this day in 1915, survived the whole campaign, the #Somme & the North Russian Front Details: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

A narrow footpath through the Orchard in the grounds of Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire with the fruit trees in blossom and grasses and wildflowers below. #FootpathFriday #Blossom #FruitTrees

'HM King George The Fifth's Gateway', with large arched wooden doorway which is the entrance to The Leys School in Cambridge #ThursGate #lovegates #AdoorableThursday #NoContextDoors #DailyDoor #Doors

A mature Horse Chestnut tree in the grounds of #Cambridge University's Downing College #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

A selection of wildflowers seen this week in Cambridgeshire whilst looking for members of the #CabbageFamily - Honesty and Garlic Mustard are shown separately (See ALT text for details) #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata with its cluster of small white flowers opening at the top of the stem and alternate bright green leaves below; seen yesterday in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire 💚🤍 #CabbageFamily #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A cluster of vibrant purple Honesty, Lunaria annua flowers, against a lightly blurred backdrop of green leaves for this week's #CabbageFamily challenge 💜 #Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #PurpleFlowers

Wayfaring Tree, Vibernum lantana now flowering where it grows against your homeward path in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire #TreeFlowers#Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

'HM King George The Fifth's Gateway', with large arched wooden doorway which is the entrance to The Leys School in Cambridge #ThursGate #lovegates #AdoorableThursday #NoContextDoors #DailyDoor #Doors

A 7-spot Ladybird on Field Maple, Acer campestre 🐞🍃 #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday #Ladybirds #Ladybugs

A white butterfly (probably Green-veined White) enjoying a nectar-rich blue flower of Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens 💙💚🤍 #WildWebsWednesday #Butterflies #InsectThursday @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

For #ThickTrunkTuesday, this Purple hybrid Catalpa (Catalpa x erubescens 'Purpurea') which is a type of Indian Bean Tree to be found in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #AltText

White Campion, Silene latifolia, seen this week in Cambridge #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Selection of #WoodlandPlants seen this week in Cambridgeshire Top: Wood Forget-me-not, Ground Ivy, Honesty, Cow Parsley, Lesser Periwinkle and Cuckoo Pint Lower: Greater Celandine, Garlic Mustard, Green Alkanet and Nipplewort #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

So nice to see some colourful #pavementplants in Cambridge this week - a pretty pink Herb Robert flower and a small patch of Yellow Corydalis with a hint of green on the petals #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #UrbanPlants

Snake's Head Fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, with its chequered, purple, pink or white, bell-like flowers, seen recently at the National Trust's Anglesey Abbey, Cambs 💜🩷🤍 @midsandeastnt.bsky.social #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers #ColorADay #ColourADay #MagentaMonday #PinkMonday #BloomScrollling

A 7-spot ladybird on the tightly packed green buds of an unopened flowerhead of the Wayfaring Tree, Viburnum lantana; set against a lightly blurred background #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #Trees #TreeFlowers #TreeClub

A selection of #wildflowers from this week's wanders around #Cambridgeshire: Balkan Anemone, Red Dead-nettle, Cow Parsley, Bulbous Buttercup, Herb Robert, Cowslip, Wood Forget-me-not, Balkan Anemone and Ground Ivy #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social