Visited Stotfold, Beds Green-flowered Helleborines only to find whole colony (and significant area of woodland floor) in the process of being trashed by dumping of waste soil from a nearby development. Work now stopped til Mon when I'll have to try to speak with council... @ukorchids.bsky.social

Glorious colours at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social: Long-headed Poppy and Viper's Bugloss, Biting Stonecrop, Kidney Vetch and Pyramidal Orchids.

Tawny Wave, Oblique Striped, Small Blue and Small Heath at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social #TeamMoth @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

A profusion of peas at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social: Bur Medick, Rough Clover, Sand Lucerne and Purple Milk-vetch

Breckland rarities at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social: Proliferous Pink, Spanish Catchfly, Purple-stem Cat's-tail and Sand Catchfly

Clearwings from the garden over the last month: Lunar Hornet, Red-belted, Orange-tailed and Currant. Six-belted and Red-tipped have also dropped by but didn't want to stop for photos! Royston, Cambs VC29 #TeamMoth

New for garden moths over the weekend included Small Marbled, Larch Pug, Schoenobius gigantella and Anania perlucidalis (Royston, Cambs VC29) #TeamMoth

Crested Cow-wheat, Sulphur Clover and Pyramidal Orchids decorating some Cambridgeshire road verges yesterday

Four-spotted, Aethes hartmanniana and Nemophora fasciella in south Cambs today, and Grapholita pallifrontana from 23/05. I've been bumping into hartmanniana and fasciella in lots of places recently, belying their supposedly scarce status - worth looking out for both of these at the moment #TeamMoth

Horehound Longhorn, White-letter Hairstreak, Rose Chafer and Beautiful Demoiselle during periodic bright spells of weather on surveys in south London this week

Purple Milk-vetch, Lizard Orchid, Bastard-toadflax and Bee Orchid from Therfield Heath today #WildflowerHour

Perennial Flax, Knapweed Broomrape, Chalk Fragrant-orchid and Wild Candytuft all looking splendid at Therfield Heath, Herts today #WildflowerHour

Long-held ambition fulfilled on a dreamy day up Cwm Idwal, Eryri on 18th May, with Snowdon Lily, Tufted Saxifrage and views to die for.

Red Squirrel, Razorbill, Lanceolate Spleenwort and Small Adder's-tongue from Anglesey, May 2026.

Wild Cotoneaster, Nottingham Catchfly, Hoary Rock-rose and grazing gang taking a break - Great Orme, May 2026

Field Fleawort ssp maritima, Spotted Rock-rose and Pale Dog-violet from the flower-rich Anglesey coast last month.

A selection of Pugsley's Marsh-orchids to delight and confuse, from a lush Anglesey bog on 16th May

A few Fly Orchids still in reasonable condition in Hertfordshire yesterday

Thisanotia chrysonuchella, Apotomis turbidana, Phtheochroa sodaliana and Oxyptilus distans from the Brecks on Saturday #TeamMoth

Red-necked Footman, Rosy Marbled, Clouded Buff and Cream-spot Tigers from the Brecks on Saturday #TeamMoth

Small Alison, Grey Carpet, Leafy Spurge and Sickle Medick from the Brecks on Sunday

A magnificent trip of 13 Dotterel on the dizzying heights of the south Cambridgeshire uplands on Sunday evening #UKBirding

Petty Whin from Mitcham Common, and Goldilocks Buttercup with Bluebells from Threecorner Wood @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social, late for #WildflowerHour

The only gull on the lake, the Ross's Gull made for a surreal sight as it paddled past at close range at Thurrock Thameside Nature Park, Essex yesterday #UKBirding

Dukes, Grizz 'n' Liz from Chapel Bank @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social on Tuesday

Do I know anyone brave/mad enough to look at hawkweeds? It would be great to put a name to this blotchy beauty seen y'day on chalk at Hutchinson's Bank, Surrey/London, but I'm not sure if that's possible from these pics. @bramblebotanist.bsky.social is this something you can help with?

Furry potatoes doing their thing yesterday. It was lovely to be able to help some visitors, including families with young kids, to see their first Water Voles.

Bits from out and about this week - Sedge Warbler, Roe Deer and some slightly awkward Dotterels. Oilseed rape seems to have undergone a step change this year in its ability to self-seed absolutely everywhere - I expect this isn't a good thing, but it does add some nice colour to a photo.

A nice bimble on Therfield Heath in the late afternoon sun - box-fresh Brown Argus maybe Herts' first of the year, Small Coppers always a pleasure, and the earliest county record by a week of the localised Small Purple-barred moth. And just now, at home, Swiiiiiiiift!!! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

Just a cheeky nudge for this request to help me get some Lloydia (Gagea) love next month, thanks in advance!

Unexpected excitement on the way to the pub today while visiting friends in Bristol - a single pristine Green-winged Orchid on an unmown patch of modified grassland lawn in urban Easton. No records on the map and otherwise not even a Cowslip there! #WildflowerHour

Wheatear and hare from a pre-work stroll on Therfield Heath today

Try not to faint with awe and wonder but if I've understood 'narrow scarious margins to bracts' correctly these might be the only known Dwarf Mouse-ears in Cambs VC29, poking out of the side of a manhole cover where they were first spotted ten years ago

Rue-leaved Saxifrage, just because it's one of my favourites and I look forward to seeing where it pops up every year. This year this tiny spring gem has chosen the top of a low wall on my street #WildflowerHour

Bit of an odd one. First record of a single Pasqueflower at a south Cambs grassland today. Within sight of 60,000 plants just over the border in Herts, but not a species that seems inclined to spread by seed. Also a weirdly tall, sturdy plant. Answers on a postcard! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Bit of an odd one. First record of a single Pasqueflower at a south Cambs grassland today. Within sight of 60,000 plants just over the border in Herts, but not a species that seems inclined to spread by seed. Also a weirdly tall, sturdy plant. Answers on a postcard! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Hello botanists of Bluesky, I will be in north Wales next month and would like to look for the legendary Snowdon Lily. I've found various grid refs but it's a bit unclear which would require serious mountaineering! Would anyone be kind enough to help via a private message? @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A big step up in moths with 73 of 20 last night (plus Emperors to lure and Jersey Tiger caterpillars). Chamomile Shark was the standout, a new moth for me. Also a very fine Mullein (2nd record of an adult), Silver Y, Least Black Arches (Royston VC29)... #TeamMoth

Yesterday was a nice day to be an Emperor Moth, other than the inconvenience of being lured to my garden under false pretenses! Royston, Cambs VC29 #TeamMoth

Red Dead-nettle and less welcome invasive Three-cornered Leek adorning the clifftop at Trimingham, Norfolk yesterday #WildflowerHour

Pasqueflowers and Spring Sedge at Therfield Heath, Herts on Good Friday for #WildflowerHour

Common Heath flying on Kelling Heath yesterday morning - potentially the earliest ever Norfolk record #TeamMoth

There was more sunshine than we were expecting today, so we enjoyed a couple of Norfolk Adders

Sloe Carpet, Frosted Green, Lead-coloured Drab and Shoulder Stripe near Tiptree, Essex on Monday night. The Sloe Carpet was a very welcome surprise and seemingly quite an early record #TeamMoth

You know Blossom Underwings must be having a good year when one even makes it to my garden! An unexpected and very welcome lifer last night, among just 15 moths of 7 species. Royston VC29 #TeamMoth

Wild Daffodils and a cheeky early Bluebell from a Bedfordshire wood for #WildflowerHour

Early Meadow-grass (Poa infirma) turning an Essex farm track a distinctive shade of yellowish-green #WildflowerHour

Water Voles at Fowlmere RSPB this morning - nice to see them out and about again

Black Brant or hybrid at Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex on Thursday. A nice striking-looking bird but a bit of a contrast between neck and belly and perhaps not sooty enough on the mantle, although bright sunlight didn't help. Collar narrowed front and back but seemed to just about meet #UKbirding

Lovely views of at least 4 or 5 Large Tortoiseshells enjoying the afternoon sun in Kent on Wednesday. My 62nd British butterfly species - let's hope they're back for good!