Burdock growing in the verge close to home #wildflowerhour

Grey Phalarope fly past, Covenham Reservoir @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #Birds #Lincsbirding

Whinchat, Covenham Reservoir @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #Birds #Lincsbirding

A very accommodating Wheatear yesterday at Covenham Reservoir @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #Birds #Lincsbirding

4 Black Terns were still in SE corner of Covenham Reservoir yesterday @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #Birds #Lincsbirding

The wings of a Migrant Hawker dragonfly #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines

Cannot choose a #FavouritePlant but I always eagerly await the first Field Scabious flower each year and to watch the numerous insects that visit the blooms. #wildflowerhour

Black Tern, Covenham Reservoir. 4 present this morning, never close. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social #Birds #Lincsbirding #UKbirding

If you asked AI “who is one of the best bird photographers in Lincolnshire” you wouldn’t disagree if it said ‘Mark Johnson’, would you? #lincsbirding

2 Common Redstarts and 2 Wheatears at Donna Nook this evening including this very confiding individual. @lincswildlife.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social #Birds

Spotted Redshanks, Covenham Reservoir this morning @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social

A few migrants in this morning’s trap Delicate, Rusty Dot Pearl 2, Rush Veneer, and Pale Mottled Willow #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter

Little Stint & Dunlin, Covenham Reservoir today @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social #Birds #UKBirds

Common Knapweed, Hogweed and Teasel #seedheads #wildflowerhour

Ribwort Plantain, Wood Avens, Common Ragwort and Common Toadflax #seedheads #wildflowerhour

Southern Marsh Orchid #seedheads #wildflowerhour

The seedless #seedheads of Field Scabious. The juvenile Goldfinches have feasted on these for several weeks. #wildflowerhour

Chuffed to capture this Willow Emerald at home this morning, a first for our garden which @msj99.bsky.social had initially recorded earlier this week. Also in the garden today a Common Darter and two Migrant Hawkers. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Immature White-tailed Eagle G735 released on the Isle of White in July now on the beach at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. @lincswildlife.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social #Birds #UKBirding #UKBirds

This striking pale Common Buzzard greeted me home on Tuesday evening, definitely not one of the locals. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social #Birds #UKBirds #UKBirding

Berries, Haws, Hips and Sloes #fruits for #wildflowerhour

A Linnet on the garden hedge this morning. @bto-gbw.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #LincsBirding

At least a dozen Wasp Spiders at Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR at the moment @lincswildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social

Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) from the garden and Sea Aster (Tripolium pannonicum) from the coast @msj99.bsky.social pic, for #DaisyFamily #wildflowerhour

My first attempt at copper foiling (created a some years ago) and photographed this week for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass

Four new moths from the last couple of weeks. Rosy Wave, Rolled Grass Moth, Crescent, European Corn Borer. @lincswildlife.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

This morning’s #JourneytoWork enhanced by a flock of 20+ Yellow Wagtails - Motacilla flava #MondayMotivation #LincsBirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

Clouded Yellow on Vipers Bugloss in the dunes on the Lincolnshire coast this afternoon. #PollinatorPals #wildflowerhour

The Mistress knows the best spots 😉 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFire

Long-tailed Tits and a Chiffchaff in the garden this afternoon #lincsbirding @bto-gbw.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Wild Angelica, Agrimony and, I think, Rigid Eye-bright, #wildflowerID among the #Lincolnshire coastal dunes #ByTheSea for #wildflowerhour

A lone Red Clover bloom on a #Lincolnshire coastal path #ByTheSea for #wildflowerhour

Common Sea-lavender #ByTheSea on the #Lincolnshire coast this afternoon for #wildflowerhour

Roe Deer on the journey home tonight #Lincolnshire @lincswildlife.bsky.social

4 Clouded Yellows between Horseshoe Point and Grainthorpe Haven this morning @lincswildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @bimblingbirder.bsky.social

Water Mint - Mentha aquatica - for #DeadNettlefamily #wildflowerhour

SOS Biscathorpe faces a new fight to save the Lincolnshire Wolds After a High Court win to save the Lincolnshire Wolds from oil drilling, SOS Biscathorpe campaign group now face a new public consultation @sosbiscathorpe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

A quick trip to Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR at Rimac to find specimens for #HarebellChallenge for #wildflowerhour

Your annual reminder to reconsider ‘weeds’. The teasel, knapweed, ragwort, yarrow, vipers bugloss, wild marjoram burdock and valerian in my garden are all self-introduced and self-seeded and they are indisputably what make it hum.

The Wall on a wall. Wall Brown, Lasiommata megera, soaking up the morning sunshine on the side of the house before nectaring on Field Scabious. #butterfly #GardenWildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Blue Tit on Hogweed in the garden. #lincsbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social

Hummingbird Hawk-moth nectaring on Verbena flower this afternoon. #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Watched this wee beastie flying around the garden this morning trying to figure out what it was. Fortunately it landed on the pear tree enabling me to take a quick pic. Not one beastie but two. Empis sp. with a moth. Wow! @lincswildlife.bsky.social #GardenWildlife

Marsh Helleborines at Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR between the showers this afternoon. #HelleborineChallenge #wildflowerhour

Ancient Arches #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration Acueducto de los Milagros

An amazing avian animal atop an aquatic area. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration

The first Sneezewort and Purple Loosestrife flowers of the year appeared this week. #wildflowerhour

Grasses growing in the unmown and wilder areas of the garden, consisting mostly of Cock’s Foot, Yorkshire Fog, Common Couch and False Oat-Grass; plus some ?unknown Sedges growing in some reeds by the garden pond. #wildflowerhour #GrassChallenge

Grasses from the unmown and wilder areas of the garden consisting mostly of Cock’s Foot, Yorkshire Fog, Common Couch and False Oat-Grass plus an unknown? Sedge growing amongst some reeds.

Roe Deer in a field of Barley #AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZoology