Perhaps I should do more gardening 😅 Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) #climbingplants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Beautiful name, beautiful flower - Traveller’s-joy (Clematis vitalba). In a Surrey woodland this weekend. A favourite of mine among #climbingplants #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

My lovely daughter’s middle name, and her favourite #climbingplants 🥰 #honeysuckle #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) sheltering under a very fancy parasol (Broad-leaved Helleborine flower). #insect #beetle #orchid

Broad-leaved Helleborines (Epipactis helleborine) looking wonderful in the Dorset sunshine today 4/7/26. #orchid #wildflowers

Common Melilot (Melilotus officinalis). Rather gorgeous. 4/7/26 Surrey. #wildflowers

Lovely Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) in Surrey today 3/7/26. Unfortunately, as you can see from the close up, it’s been caught by a Flower Crab Spider (probably Misumena vatia) #insect #butterfly

Narrow-lipped Helleborine (Epipactis leptochila), just starting to flower. It’s difficult to photograph this rare green orchid in its heavily shaded Beech wood habitat, but I did my best! 2/7/26 #orchid

Musk Orchids (Herminium monorchis) seem to having a decent year, and some of them are quite big 😁 #orchid

I can never resist a bit of Frog Orchid (Dactylorhiza viridis) action ! Lovely. #orchid

This roadside population of Violet Helleborines (Epipactis purpurata) heading towards flowering. Sadly this population seems to be in decline, I only found 5 plants today. #orchid

One of the downsides of orchid hunting 🫤 #tick

Not in flower but I had to post this extraordinary Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) at a known location in Dorset today. Highlighted as apotentially invasive ‘alert species’ find out more about its UK status in the ALT text. #InvasivePlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Scourge of railway infrastructure, the ubiquitous, beautiful but invasive Buddleia. It costs the UK an estimated £1 million in removal costs annually. Note bonus Swallow photobomb 😁 #InvasivePlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Undeniably beautiful, Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) is highly invasive, and a big problem along this section of the River Brit in Bridport #InvasivePlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus). Beautiful but quite invasive, as it spreads along the bank of this Dorset chalk stream. #InvasivePlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

So many wonderful plants to find in a bog ! More fabulous (and mostly tiny) ‘bog jewels’ from this week. See ALT text. #bogplants #wildflowers

Spent most of today in a Dorset bog where the Sundews are showing off their beautifully delicate flowers. See ALT text #bogplants #wildflowers

It’s a Raven day 🖤 (2 adults, 3 juveniles)

Well this suggestion from Facebook is just rude 🤣

Surprised to find a slime mould in this hot weather - Arcyria sp. #slimemould

View from the front door. 9.40pm. Dorset 25/6/26 #dorset #sunset

The tiny individual flowers of a Musk Orchid (Herminium monorchis). Only 2-3mm across. #orchid #wildflowers

Crow Garlic or Wild Onion (Allium vineale) - fabulous isn’t it ! #wildflowers

Great Green Bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) at Kenfig on Sunday - huge ! #insect

More of last nights beautiful Marsh Fragrant-orchid, at Kenfig NNR. See ALT text #orchid #wildflower

Lucky me ! Three species of Fragrant-orchids in a week - Chalk, Heath and Marsh. #orchid #wildflowers see ALT text.

#pollinatorpals visiting Viper’s Bugloss. Kenfig, this weekend. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

A lovely selection of #pollinatorpals from this last week. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I’ll wish you an early, happy Summer Solstice, with a couple of Bee Orchid pictures, taken at Kenfig National Nature Reserve in South Wales, at 9pm, just as the sun sets.20/6/26 #orchid #solstice

An evening recce in preparation for leading a @HardyOrchidSoc field trip tomorrow at Kenfig in South Wales. I think it’s going to be fine 😁 #orchid #wildflowers

Fabulous orchid filled drive through Hampshire today. 18/6/26 See ALT text for details. #orchid #wildflowers

Frog Orchid (Dactylorhiza viridis) just coming into flower. 18/6/26. Hampshire #orchid #wildflowers

Chalk Fragrant-orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) and Heath Fragrant-orchid (G.borealis). Both in Hampshire today. 18/6/26 #orchid #wildflowers

I snapped this photo last night, on the phone, of a Swallow streaking overhead. I rather like it. #swallow

Quite a few non-resupinate Pyramidal Orchids at this location - the individual flowers have failed to twist 180° as they normally would during development and so appear upside down (or the right way up, depending on your point of view). Dorset 16/7/26 #orchid #wildflowers

Usually pink, but occasionally white 🤍 Pyramidal Orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Dorset 16/7/26 #orchid #wildflowers #dorset

The lovely variation in colour and form within this Dorset population of Pyramidal Orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis) #orchid #wildflowers #dorset

Pied Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri). Dorset 15/6/26 #insect #hoverfly

The Lime tree has flowered, even the most zealous council can’t strim these 😁

I haven’t posted a ‘tree flower’ for a while. This is a Lime hybrid (Tilia x vulgaris) just outside my front gate. #treeflower #wildflowers

Hurried phone shot in the garden, but it’s the first Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) I’ve seen this year, so I’m happy 😊 #moth #insect

Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), an amazing flower, and loved by the pollinators too ! #wildflowers #hoverfly

This is from three months ago, but how could I resist a repost for #ChurchyardFlowers @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

The #ChurchyardFlowers challenge gave me a great excuse to visit one of my favourite churchyards, in Swyre, Dorset. The sign on the gate says it all, every churchyard should be like this ! 30 plants in flower and loads of pollinators. See ALT text for details. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Some plants worth getting my wellies on for this week. Some amazing bog/marsh plants. See ALT text for details. #bog #wildflowers #orchid

My first Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) flower of the year. Kenfig. Can’t wait until they’re all in full flower. #orchid #wildflowers

Ophrys apifera var. trollii - a variation of the Bee Orchid, often known as the ‘Wasp Orchid’. This week in Wiltshire #orchid #wildflowers

How did I forget to post these wonderful little weirdos from last weekend? Fen Orchids (Liparis loeselii) at Kenfig, South Wales 7/6/26 #orchid

Knapweed Broomrape (Orobanche elatior) on a fabulous Dorset verge. A plant in decline, I counted 25 at this small site. #wildflowers #broomrape #dorset