Something that we often don’t take the time to look at. The tiny delicate white flower of Cleavers (Galium aparine) #wildflowers

The beauty of today’s garden ‘weeds’…. #wildflowers See ALT text for details.

Male Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) with its distinctive ‘chequered’ fringe. Last week in Wiltshire. #butterfly

Difficult to find anything at Hartslock, last week, that felt like a ‘pure’ Monkey Orchid (Orchis simia). This very pale individual was my best contender ! #orchid

Early Marsh-orchids (Dactylorhiza incarnata) beginning to put on a show at Kenfig. Had to cut short my hunt though, to avoid disturbing nesting Lapwings - give them a wide berth if you visit. #orchid 17/5/26

Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor). Kenfig, South Wales. 17/5/26

My first Heath Spotted-orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) of the year, just starting to flower 18/5/26 #orchid #dorset

Well, these are very #tinyplants and with tiny flowers too ! Smooth Tare (Vicia tetrasperma) on a West Country verge. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I couldn’t resist returning to the Lesser Twayblades (Neottia cordata) that I saw last week for the #tinyplants challenge. Tiny plants with exquisitely tiny flowers. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Oxeye Daises (Leucanthemum vulgare) aren’t #tinyplants but they do have tiny flowers. Their former family name was Compositae because the flower head is composed of many minute flowers. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Beautiful, slightly intimidating, but very docile, English Longhorn cattle. Parsonage Down in Wiltshire. 16/5/26 #cattle

The wonderful Bee Orchid x Fly Orchid hybrid. Looking gorgeous and fresh in the rain. 16/5/26 #orchid @lizlouise.bsky.social

Garden Slow worm (Anguis fragilis). This is a recognised individual, at least 10 years old. #reptile #slowworm

Some of the amazing (and rare) Monkey Orchid/Lady Orchid hybrids (Orchis x angusticruris) in Oxfordshire, yesterday. Beautiful flowers in a beautiful location. #orchid

There are a few contenders for my favourite orchid, but this is right up there ! Military Orchids (Orchis militaris) in Buckinghamshire today. #orchid

Rather smaller than the Fallow Deer skull I found previously, this is from a Muntjac. #skull #deer

Marsh Violet (Viola palustris) from earlier this week. Exmoor. #wildflower

Green dock beetle (Gastrophysa viridula) eggs, on Dock…. makes sense. You can see my fingerprint through the leaf, for scale. #insect

Red-and-black froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata), basking in yesterday’s Dorset sunshine #insect

Inadvertent pollinator. An individual Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) flower, and the tiny pollen mass (pollinium) attached to my finger. Dorset 12/5/26 #dorset #orchid

Fly Orchids (Ophrys insectifera) in a glorious Dorset meadow 12/5/26 #dorset #orchid

Black Bryony (Tamus communis), the only British member of the yam family ! Dorset 12/5/26 #wildflower #dorset

It’s a Raven Day (you’ll have to take my word for it, but it was calling) 🖤

This very pale Red Campion (Silene dioica) stopped me in my tracks today. #wildflower #pink

Winter-cress (Barbara vulgaris), so vibrant #wildflower #dorset

It’s a gloomy wet day here in Dorset, but brightened by this lovely coastal population of Greater Butterfly-orchids (Platanthera chlorantha). Thanks Andy. #orchid #dorset

An excellent day with orchiding friends. Lesser Twayblade (Neottia cordata) in bud and in full flower 👌 #orchid @withylake.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social @rogercharding.bsky.social

Road verges full of Cow Parsley look so beautiful at the moment 😁 #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

What an amazing colour combination. Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) and a pair of Cryptocephalus sp. beetles. #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Eat your #carrotsandpeas (actually don’t, some of them are very poisonous 💀) #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Closely related to peas, Spotted Medick (Medicago arabica) on the Dorset coast today #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Three common members of the carrot family for the #carrotsandpeas challenge Hemlock Water Dropwort, Hogweed and Cow Parsley #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Sanicle (Sanicula European), not really a carrot, but closely related, and lovely.#carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Some lovely peas for this weeks #carrotsandpeas challenge see ALT text for details. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

It’s a Raven day 🖤

Thrift growing among Sea Sandwort, with Sea Kale and Sea Campion in the background. Some of the floral delights of Cogden (part of Chesil) Beach. See ALT text for more detail. #wildflowers #beach #dorset

Two wonderful floral vistas on Cogden (part of Chesil) Beach today…. Sea Kale (Crambe maritima) as far as the eye can see, and vibrant pink Thrift (Armeria maritima). #wildflowers #beach #dorset

Some more of those wonderful Sword-leaved Helleborines (Cephalanthera longifolia) in Hampshire, yesterday 7/5/26 #orchid

Almost everything in this rather special Hampshire wood seems to be white at the moment 🤍 See ALT text for details #wildflower #white

The seven species of orchid I saw on my journey home, yesterday. See ALT text. Hampshire and Dorset 7/5/26 #orchid

The amazing flowers of the Red Horse-chestnut (Aesculus × carnea) an artificial hybrid between A. pavia (red buckeye) and A. hippocastanum (horse-chestnut) #treeflowers #tree

Always nice to see Mr. Tod doing his rounds in my parents suburban garden. Phone pictures 8pm 6/5/26 #fox

Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) really are astonishingly beautiful ❤️ #wildflower #red

A lovely new patch of arable wild flowers, growing on a Hampshire roadside, thanks to some recent roadworks - a wonderful and beautiful impromptu ‘meadow’. See ALT text for more detail. #wildflowers

I wasn’t the only one interested in buttercups #Wildflowerhour #buttercupchallenge @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I’ve spent lots of time this weekend separating Buttercup species, but sometimes you just need to sit back and admire their beauty ! #Wildflowerhour #buttercupchallenge @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Three common species of Buttercup (Creeping, Bulbous and Meadow) - they’re all beautiful though, aren’t they. #Wildflowerhour #buttercupchallenge @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Small Eggar moth (Eriogaster lanestris) caterpillars #moth

Common Twayblade (Neottia ovata), Dorset 1/5/26 #orchid

Just saw my first Swift of the year 🥰