Finally a moth trap to be happy with! 75/34 and some NFYs but I’m not really keeping tabs on that this year. Clouded-bordered Brindle and Bright-line Brown-eye were NFY (I think), Marbled Minor agg was also new and some Coleophora still to sort out. SE Hants #teammoth

This female Clouded Yellow today was the 33rd butterfly species I have recorded in my S.Hants garden. #butterflies #uk #gardenwildlife

Fly Orchids before the drizzle. Fire was needed. Eurovision awaits. Central Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

The Lackey, Malacosoma neustria catepillar, found the other day in Alice Holt Arboretum. #teammoth

Great to see the Garganey and Lapwing and Avocet at Pennington this afternoon. Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Gadwall, Little Tern and Swift were other highlights. #UKWildlife #Birds

Lots of Cydia ulicetana on the wing at Hogsmoor, Bordon today. #teammoth (happy to be corrected if ID is not correct)

Mainly searching for clovers along the coast on foot today, but a short visit to Titchfield Haven yielded Little Gull and Roseate Tern! Both digi-binned! #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding

A Pea Trio for #wildflowerhour. Clustered Clover Trifolium glomeratum, Knotted Clover T. striatum, Bird's-foot Clover T. ornithopodioides. Otterbourne, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Fine-leaved sandwort, Sabulina tenuifolia, a top an 8 foot wall in north Hampshire. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Mossy stonecrop, Crassula tillaea for #tinyplants. North Hampshire. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Pale Sedge Carex pallescens in the New Forest, Hampshire today. Undoubtedly one of the most attractive sedges 😍. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Bastard Balm Melittis melissophyllum and Marsh Cinquefoil Comarum palustre. New Forest, Hampshire today. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Sweet Flag Acorus calamus with its hundreds of tiny flowers. Holmsley, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Pink sorrel at Pennington yesterday and wood spurge and bitter vetch in the New Forest today. #WildflowerHour

Early Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata var pulchella in white. New Forest, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Want to get started with plant recording this year? The #100PlantsChallenge website has some great resources! bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Catch up with our webinar series on Recording for Beginners, including this one on Plants by Habitat, on the BSBI YouTube channel ☘️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hK4...

Tower Mustard declined in early C20th & is now classed as Endangered on #GBRedList. It can't survive when habitat becomes overgrown, so as @trisnorton.bsky.social says 👇 it's probably surviving in Hants. thanks to disturbance which opens up the habitat. More here: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

NEW BLOG, following up our recent video: how to how to submit records of rare breeding birds rbbp.org.uk/2026/05/15/s...

Protection methods include wearing insect repellent, sticking to well maintained paths and carrying out regular tick checks. Find out more via: lymedisease.com/prevention #BeTickAware #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Common Gromwell Lithospermum officinale. Abundant in one area of Stockbridge Down, Hampshire yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Supercharged Painted Ladies all over the place today on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Great to see 🤩

A lone Fly Orchid Ophrys insectifera in a shady lane nr Exton, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Black Bryony Dioscorea communis can easily go overlooked as part of the green tangle of a hedgerow. It's well worth stopping to look closely. Meon Valley, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Lovely fresh display of Common Twayblades Neottia ovata found today in Hampshire's Meon Valley. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Bastard Balm Melittis melissophyllum, another one of the Sean Bean plants. Two locations in South Hampshire only. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Field Fleawort Tephroseris integrifolia. Delighted to come across decent numbers of this scarce plant today at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire. Interestingly, these were in an area sprayed to control Tor-grass Brachypodium sylvaticum. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Field Mouse-ear Cerastium arvense. Not a common species at all these days. Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Early Purple Orchids Orchis mascula still looking fab on the slopes overlooking the ancient Grim's Dyke, Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour @ukorchids.bsky.social

For #wildflowerhour #ButtercupChallenge here's the furriest Buttercup of all, Small-flowered Buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus. Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Tower Mustard Turritis glabra. This is probably the last refuge for this species in Hampshire, the population kept going by annual ground disturbance on a sandy roadside bank. Nr Kingsley, N Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica. There's a lovely verge in suburban Bordon, Hampshire where a pink-flowered population has persisted for years. They're even on the kerb! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Spider and Fly. Central Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Fly Orchids Ophrys insectifera are well underway here in Hampshire 🤩. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Marsh Fritillary, Grizzled Skipper, Dingy Skipper, and Small Copper at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire.

More Field Fleawort Tephroseris integrifolia at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire today. Spraying has drastically reduced Brachypodium sylvaticum and created bare soils for this, and other species, to germinate. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Dwarf Sedge Carex humilis at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire today. Still not really quite flowering. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Fairy Flax Linum catharticum and Hoary Plantain Plantago media at Martin Down NNR today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Only Carrots for this week's #wildflowerhour. Pignut Conopodium majus and Sanicle Sanicula europaea in Hampshire's Meon Valley today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Actually, there has been some pea action this week. The sands of Slab Common, Bordon, Hampshire at the start of the week held candy-striped Bird's-foot Ornithopus perpusillus and the ruby red Mossy Stonecrop Crassula tillaea. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

White helleborine in a wood near Northington #WildflowerHour 📷Our Field Ecologist Joel

Great to see both Palmate and Smooth #Newts are hanging-on in my mum's garden pond in Hampshire. The obvious tail-end filament, very webbed back feet and smaller size are good clues for the Palmates. @hantsbic.bsky.social @froglife.bsky.social @bnascience.bsky.social

Assume this to be Wall Lizard, seen today at Leckford, Hants, poor phone pic only. Also saw my earliest ever Stag Beetle in the garden.

Dwarf Sedge Carex humilis yesterday at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire. Super abundant in the shorter turf (bright green foliage really stands out) but only just coming into flower. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Good to see Dingy Skippers and Duke of Burgundy in the South Downs today. My first Small Blue of the year, Green Hairstreak, Red Admiral, Green-veined White and Holly Blue were other highlights. #Bugsky #UKWildlife

38/18 in Matley Wood NF last night. Highlights were Broom Moth and Neofaculta ericetella both NFM. Other good moths that I rarely see were Pinion-streaked Snout and Birch Mocha. The 3 Falcon LEDs performed as well as my holiday trap and the mini power bank was ample, only 50% used #teammoth

Ragged-Robin, White Bryony and loads of Hemlock Water-dropwort at Titchfield Haven, and buttercups at Lee-on-the Solent #WildflowerHour

Sword-leaved Helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia in a well-known Hampshire woodland. Plenty in full flower, some even going over. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Find a member of the pea or carrot family, that’s the challenge this week from Wild Flower Hour! Don’t be tempted to eat them up though, as some members of the carrot family are extremely poisonous ☠️ Post your finds for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using #carrotsandpeas!

White helleborine in a wood near Northington #WildflowerHour 📷Our Field Ecologist Joel