Close-up of an open white flower of Cherry Plum Blossom, Prunus cerasifera; seen this week in Cambridgeshire #CherryPlumBlossom #CherryPlum #Blossom #WildflowerHour

A tiny flower of Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus; seen this week in Cambridgeshire #Butcher'sBroom #WildflowerHour

#TheWinter10 Top L/R: Butcher's Broom, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Wavy Bittercress, Hairy Bittercress, Common Field Speedwell and Comfrey Bottom L/R: Winter Heliotrope, Nipplewort, Thale Cress and Cherry Plum #WildflowerHour

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow #Wood this beautifully decorated wooden sign can be found above the door into #Wandlebury Country Park's Stable Rooms, near Cambridge #SignsOnSaturday #SignsOnSunday #WoodenArt

Fungi seen this week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social; on the left, Scurfy Twiglets, Tubaria furfuracea shown from above and on the right a fungus (ID unknown) with lichen, which incudes the yellowy-green Xanthoria parietina growing on the bark of a tree #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Lichen

This lovely bright green Angle Shades Moth Caterpillar has overwintered in the sheltered part of a wooden urban signpost; seen yesterday in Cambridge #InsectThursday #MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #Caterpillars

A faded bramble (blackberry) leaf with an old vacated mine of a Stigmella (aurella?) moth; seen in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire 🍃 #Moths #TeamMoth #LeafMiners #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday

The boundary walls of Peterhouse College in Cambridge, as seen from the Coe Fen meadow #WallsOnWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #Cambridge

#TheWinter10 Top L/R: Daffodil + snowdrops & aconites, Yarrow, Red Dead-nettle, Shining Crane's-bill, Common Chickweed & Greater Periwinkle Bottom L/R: Intermediate Periwinkle (Garden escape), Primrose, Daisy & Creeping Buttercup #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Lichen growing on thin tree branches in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire; Xanthoria parietina (sometimes known as Sunburst Lichen) on the left an Ramalina fastigiata (sometimes known as Dotted Ribbon Lichen) on the right #Lichen #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous Crocus tommasinianus, the Early Crocus, or Tommasini's Crocus, named in honour of the botanist Muzio G. Spirito de Tommasini; sometimes referred to as 'Tommies' 💜 #Crocus #PurpleThursday #PurpleFlowers

A cluster of 7-spot ladybirds still huddled together after over-wintering on a moss covered wooden post in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire; there are leafless trees and a carpet of fallen leaves in the background 🐞 #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #InsectThursday @cambridgeppf.bsky.social

Little Egret seen today in Hobson's Conduit, Cambridge #LittleEgret #WildlifeWednesday #WednesdayWildlife #UKWildlife #Birds #UrbanWildlife #BirdoftheDay #Reflections

Leaf mines on #Holly - Phytomyza ilicis, a small #fly lays its eggs inside the leaves & the larvae feed within the leaves; the trail develops as the larva grows and as can be seen clearly on the right, an exit hole marks the emergence of the adult fly #WildWebsWednesday #LeafMiner

Fulham Oak, Quercus × hispanica, with its thickly fissured bark (a hybrid offspring of Cork Oak and Turkey Oak), seen last week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

#TheWinter10 Hazel ♀ red, Daisy, Winter Heliotrope, Gter Periwinkle, White Dead-nettle & Stinking Hellebore (stamens falling), Winter Aconite, Primrose, Green Alkanet & Hazel flowers (♀ white); located thx @rogerhorton.bsky.social #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

For #FungiFriday Hairy Curtain Crust, Stereum hirsutum; Jelly Ear, Auricularia auricula-judae; Velvet Shank, Flammulina velutipes; Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor and Coral Spot, Nectria cinnabarina from Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday #photography📱

Both sides of a bridge over a footpath which follows the outer ditch of the Wandlebury Iron Age hillfort, also known as the Wandlebury Ring #WallsOnWednesday #BridgesThursday #FootpathFriday #Wandlebury

#TheWinter10 Top L/R: Winter Aconite, Butcher’s Broom, Stinking Hellebore, Annual Mercury, Snowdrop and Oregon Grape Bottom L/R: Mistletoe, Sun Spurge, Field Forget-me-not and Spurge Laurel #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A small patch of rain splashed Lichen, Physcia adscendens? on a wet twig; the background is blurred with hints of yellow, green and brown #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #Lichen

Few wildflowers but lots of fungi yesterday in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire, but ID has proved difficult, apart from Turkey Tail and maybe a Scurfy Twiglet? Suggestions in ALT text - any help appreciated #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday

This Witch Hazel, Hamamelis, has provided a safe over-wintering environment for a ladybird that is nestled in the now developing flower buds 🐞 #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday #Ladybird #Ladybug #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #phonepics #photography 📱

Beech tree, Fagus sylvatica, with developing buds on its bare branches, some of which are encrusted with moss and lichen and with small clumps of snowdrops on the ground below; seen last week at #AngleseyAbbey, Cambridgeshire #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

#TheWinter10 Top L/R: Winter Aconite, Hazel female flowers, Petty Spurge, Stinking Hellebore, Yarrow and Annual Meadow Grass Bottom L/R: Holly flowers in bud, Cow Parsley, Daisy and Dandelion #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Witch Hazel, Hamamelis, is a strikingly colourful cultivated tree whose fascinating flowers have 4 bright #yellow petals that are long, spidery and ribbon-like #WitchHazel #Hamamelis #SundayYellow #BloomScrolling #photography 📱

#BlueSkyArtShow #One A single, pale purple bell-shaped flower reaching up from the surrounding grasses in a wild meadow #Harebell #WildFlowers #photography 📱

For #FungiFriday, Hairy Curtain Crust, Stereum hirsutum (False Turkey Tail, on the left) and Turkey Tail, Trametes versicolor on the right, growing side by side on the end of a dead log; seen today in Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire @midsandeastnt.bsky.social #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

One of the Black Pine trees, Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii, with signs of limb loss, seen yesterday @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Some of nature's #vibrant colours from 2025 #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant 📱 #photography

Turkey Tail mushrooms, Trametes versicolor on a fallen tree branch (L) and a cluster of the grey and white Candlesnuff fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon, with moss and fallen brown leaves (R); seen yesterday in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #MushroomMonday

Nature creates its own abstract art: Looking into a small stream through broken pieces of ice with some brown plant debris, showing the natural beauty of winter's impact on the landscape❄️ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #photograhy 📱

A group of Mallard drakes and hens feeding on the ice at the edge of the lake in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social , enjoying today's brief respite from the current wintry weather #WildlifeWednesday #WednesdayWildlife #UKWildlife #WaterfowlWednesday #MallardMonday

Just before the wintry weather arrived, a #beech tree with open husks on the bare branches that have released the nuts; seen in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

I spotted these tiny Forget-me-nots along a footpath during my #NewYearPlantHunt in Godmanchester and I think it is maybe a Field Forget-me-not - is it possible to confirm from these photos please? @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhourID #wildflowerhour

Some of 21 finds from my first #NewYearPlantHunt around the town of Godmanchester: Red Valerian, Daisy, Greater Periwinkle, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Annual Mercury, Sun Spurge, Feverfew, Forget-me-not, Petty Spurge & Hazel #TheWinter10 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Coral Spot fungus, Nectria cinnabarina, on a fallen tree branch, seen on our New Year's Day walk in a Cambridgeshire woodland #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday

Reposting for the first #InsectThursday of 2026 🍃🐞🐞🐞 #Ladybirds #Ladybugs

A trio of #ladybirds overwintering 'multi-storey style' on this Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus foetidus which is still in bud; leaves damaged by a fungus maybe and/or the blotches by the larvae of the Hellebore leaf mining fly #WildWebsWednesday #StinkingHellebore

#TheWinter10 Top L/R: Winter Heliotrope, Daisy, Dandelion, Meadow Buttercup, Lesser Periwinkle and Yarrow Bottom L/R: Hazel male flowers (catkins) and female flower, Gallant Soldier, Mexican Fleabane and Hedgerow Cranesbill #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

#TheWinter10 Top L/R: Winter Heliotrope, Daisy, Dandelion, Meadow Buttercup, Lesser Periwinkle and Yarrow Bottom L/R: Hazel male flowers (catkins) and female flower, Gallant Soldier, Mexican Fleabane and Hedgerow Cranesbill #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

#Fungi seen recently in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire: a first for me on left, Candlesnuff fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon and on right, Velvet Shank, Flammulina velutipes #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday

#TheWinter10 Top L/R: Red Valerian, Greater Periwinkle, Daisy, Yarrow, Red Dead-nettle and Red Nightshade Bottom L/R: Lacy Phacelia, Ivy-leaved toadflax, Primrose (Pin form) and Field Scabious #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

This #fungus caught my eye as well as some winter sun last week in Cambridge - ID help appreciated #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Mushroom #MushroomMonday

Fungi seen last week in Cambridgeshire; amateur attempt at ID - Hairy Curtain Crust, Stereum hirsutum (?), a tree stump decorated with an unknown bracket fungus and some Turkey Tail, Trametes versicolor #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday

Anglesey Abbey's Rose Garden gate closed to protect the very wet ground gave an opportunity to see its floral design #ThursGate #AngleseyAbbey @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday This Giant Sequoia Tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, with Anglesey Abbey in the background provided us with some welcome shelter during a light rain shower last week #RedwoodTree #GiantSequoia #Wellingtonia #AngleseyAbbey @midsandeastnt.bsky.social