Jeremy Sanders
@jeremyjem.bsky.social
Linguist, inorganic chemist, keen naturalist and amateur photographer. Interested in wild birds, especially wildfowl, other wildlife and wildflowers, orchids and parasitic/carnivorous plants.
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#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.
#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#wildflowerhour
#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.
#thewinterten
Surprised myself by managing to find ten slightly bedraggled plants in flower on a rainy walk around our village today. Dandelion, daisy, red valerian, red deadnettle, hazel, primrose, yarrow (red and white forms) petty spurge, and white deadnettle.
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Bush vetch - Vicia sepium still flowering in the copse where the mower missed earlier in the year. #Wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Bush vetch - Vicia sepium still flowering in the copse where the mower missed earlier in the year. #Wildflowerhour
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A very wet #thewinter10 challenge this week, from the hedgerows around my Dorset village. Still flowering, well into December!! #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A very wet #thewinter10 challenge this week, from the hedgerows around my Dorset village. Still flowering, well into December!! #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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#TheWinter10
Top L/R: Lacy Phacelia, White Dead-nettle, Common Cat's-ear, Common groundsel, White Campion and Bramble
Bottom L/R: White Ramping-fumitory, Shepherd's Purse, Annual Mercury and Pot Marigold (an escapee)
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Top L/R: Lacy Phacelia, White Dead-nettle, Common Cat's-ear, Common groundsel, White Campion and Bramble
Bottom L/R: White Ramping-fumitory, Shepherd's Purse, Annual Mercury and Pot Marigold (an escapee)
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#TheWinter10
Top L/R: Lacy Phacelia, White Dead-nettle, Common Cat's-ear, Common groundsel, White Campion and Bramble
Bottom L/R: White Ramping-fumitory, Shepherd's Purse, Annual Mercury and Pot Marigold (an escapee)
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Top L/R: Lacy Phacelia, White Dead-nettle, Common Cat's-ear, Common groundsel, White Campion and Bramble
Bottom L/R: White Ramping-fumitory, Shepherd's Purse, Annual Mercury and Pot Marigold (an escapee)
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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#Wildflowerhour A celebration of winter beauty in winter heliotrope, such a welcome sight, from their liquorice alsort' centre of tiny flowers that open revealing a soft purple centre. #Preston yesterday. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling #Lancashire
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#Wildflowerhour A celebration of winter beauty in winter heliotrope, such a welcome sight, from their liquorice alsort' centre of tiny flowers that open revealing a soft purple centre. #Preston yesterday. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling #Lancashire
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An Ely #TheWinter10. Winter heliotrope, Shepherd’s purse, Scarlet pimpernel, Bristly oxtongue, Common storksbill, Ragwort, Red dead nettle, Groundsel, Daisy, Blue fleabane and Red valerian. #WildflowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
An Ely #TheWinter10. Winter heliotrope, Shepherd’s purse, Scarlet pimpernel, Bristly oxtongue, Common storksbill, Ragwort, Red dead nettle, Groundsel, Daisy, Blue fleabane and Red valerian. #WildflowerHour
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#TheWinter10 from Bradford-on-Avon: Groundsel, Shaggy Soldier, Forgetmenot, Mexican Fleabane, Annual Mercury, Pot Marigold, white Red Valerian, Herb Robert, White Deadnettle and Daisy. Phew! #WildflowerHour not so easy this week.
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#TheWinter10 from Bradford-on-Avon: Groundsel, Shaggy Soldier, Forgetmenot, Mexican Fleabane, Annual Mercury, Pot Marigold, white Red Valerian, Herb Robert, White Deadnettle and Daisy. Phew! #WildflowerHour not so easy this week.
No #thewinter10 this week, but 7 mostly bedraggled flowers in N. Wilts. for #wildflowerhour: Trailing bellflower, Primrose, Mexican Fleebane, Winter Heliotrope, Welsh Poppy, Wood Avens & White Deadnettle. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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December 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
No #thewinter10 this week, but 7 mostly bedraggled flowers in N. Wilts. for #wildflowerhour: Trailing bellflower, Primrose, Mexican Fleebane, Winter Heliotrope, Welsh Poppy, Wood Avens & White Deadnettle. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
The largest specimen of Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica) I've encountered to date: approx. 6 cm by 8.5 cm. Really stood out in the woodland. #fungi #Mycology #nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #UKFungi
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The largest specimen of Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica) I've encountered to date: approx. 6 cm by 8.5 cm. Really stood out in the woodland. #fungi #Mycology #nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #UKFungi
#thewinter10 (looking mostly moribund) in N. Wilts. for #wildflowerhour: Dandelion, White Deadnettle, Trailing Bellflower, Red Campion, Wild Carrot, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Prickly Sowthistle, Bristly Oxtongue, Primrose & Red Valerian #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#thewinter10 (looking mostly moribund) in N. Wilts. for #wildflowerhour: Dandelion, White Deadnettle, Trailing Bellflower, Red Campion, Wild Carrot, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Prickly Sowthistle, Bristly Oxtongue, Primrose & Red Valerian #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
#thewinter10 (rather bedraggled) in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Bramble, Red Campion, Daisy, Hemp Agrimony, Upright Hedge Parsley, Welsh Poppy, Creeping Thistle, Wild Carrot, Prickly Oxtongue & Common Ragwort #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#thewinter10 (rather bedraggled) in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Bramble, Red Campion, Daisy, Hemp Agrimony, Upright Hedge Parsley, Welsh Poppy, Creeping Thistle, Wild Carrot, Prickly Oxtongue & Common Ragwort #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) fruits looking almost luminous amidst yesterday's sodden gloom along the Broadmead Brook in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) fruits looking almost luminous amidst yesterday's sodden gloom along the Broadmead Brook in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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#theWinter10 are all yellow this week with Groundsel, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, Bristly Oxtongue and Common Ragwort, then Yellow Corydalis, Hedge Mustard, Hoary Mustard, Nipplewort and Hawkweed Oxtongue. All from Wiltshire for #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#theWinter10 are all yellow this week with Groundsel, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, Bristly Oxtongue and Common Ragwort, then Yellow Corydalis, Hedge Mustard, Hoary Mustard, Nipplewort and Hawkweed Oxtongue. All from Wiltshire for #WildflowerHour
#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Hogweed, Burnet Saxifrage, Wild Angelica, White Dead-nettle, Wild Basil, Bush Vetch, Welted Thistle, Devil's-bit Scabious, Ivy-leaved Toadflax & Trailing Bellflower. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Hogweed, Burnet Saxifrage, Wild Angelica, White Dead-nettle, Wild Basil, Bush Vetch, Welted Thistle, Devil's-bit Scabious, Ivy-leaved Toadflax & Trailing Bellflower. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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The second half of #theWinter10 mostly from Bradford-on-Avon for #WildflowerHour Trailing Bellflower, Dwarf Mallow, Chalk Knapweed, Michaelmas Daisy and Purple Toadflax
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The second half of #theWinter10 mostly from Bradford-on-Avon for #WildflowerHour Trailing Bellflower, Dwarf Mallow, Chalk Knapweed, Michaelmas Daisy and Purple Toadflax
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First half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour - Bramble, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Meadow Cranesbill and Red Campion. All from Bradford-on-Avon this week.
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
First half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour - Bramble, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Meadow Cranesbill and Red Campion. All from Bradford-on-Avon this week.
#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Burnet Saxifrage, Creeping Thistle, Herb Robert, Dandelion, Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Wild Angelica, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Lesser Burdock, Red Campion & Prickly Sowthistle. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Burnet Saxifrage, Creeping Thistle, Herb Robert, Dandelion, Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Wild Angelica, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Lesser Burdock, Red Campion & Prickly Sowthistle. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Strikingly cerise Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) fruits showing the bright orange seeds in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Strikingly cerise Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) fruits showing the bright orange seeds in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Small Toadflax, Viper’s Bugloss, Wild Mignonette, Saw-wort and Common Toadflax from sites near Upavon for #WildflowerHour
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Small Toadflax, Viper’s Bugloss, Wild Mignonette, Saw-wort and Common Toadflax from sites near Upavon for #WildflowerHour
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Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
Some fungi from N. Wilts. for #WildFungiHour. Some IDs uncertain - any help appreciated. Pleated Inkcap, Common Inkcap, Candlesnuff fungus, Persistent Waxcap ?, Chicken-of-the Woods, Shaggy Inkcap, Dryad's Saddle, Jelly Ear, ? Waxcap & ? Bonnet. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Some fungi from N. Wilts. for #WildFungiHour. Some IDs uncertain - any help appreciated. Pleated Inkcap, Common Inkcap, Candlesnuff fungus, Persistent Waxcap ?, Chicken-of-the Woods, Shaggy Inkcap, Dryad's Saddle, Jelly Ear, ? Waxcap & ? Bonnet. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Flowers in bloom in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Daisy, White Deadnettle, Herb Robert, Common Ragwort, Red Campion, Spear Thistle, Common Knapweed (rayed), Hop Trefoil, Meadow Buttercup & Devil's-bit Scabious. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Flowers in bloom in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Daisy, White Deadnettle, Herb Robert, Common Ragwort, Red Campion, Spear Thistle, Common Knapweed (rayed), Hop Trefoil, Meadow Buttercup & Devil's-bit Scabious. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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From a surprise organic arable edge on Greensand - two versions of Green Nightshade, Corn Spurrey with Bugloss, and Small Nettle for #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From a surprise organic arable edge on Greensand - two versions of Green Nightshade, Corn Spurrey with Bugloss, and Small Nettle for #WildflowerHour
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Spindle, Oxford Ragwort, Wild Strawberry, Red Campion and Tall Melilot from a variety of habitats for #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Spindle, Oxford Ragwort, Wild Strawberry, Red Campion and Tall Melilot from a variety of habitats for #WildflowerHour