Moira O'Donnell
@naturelark.bsky.social
Fae Dundee 🏴 but now in South London. Choral singing, botany, butterflies, birds, wee beasties, cups of tea, G&T. Larking about in nature. Ooh look, there's a thing... 🤔
#WildflowerHour
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Pinned
Is it a swan? Is it an angel? I think it's a swangel.
The evil looking black "bootlace" rhizomorphs of Honey Fungus, under the bark of a deceased tree at the Devil's Punchbowl. All very sinister. 👀
#FungiFriday 🍄📷
#FungiFriday 🍄📷
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The evil looking black "bootlace" rhizomorphs of Honey Fungus, under the bark of a deceased tree at the Devil's Punchbowl. All very sinister. 👀
#FungiFriday 🍄📷
#FungiFriday 🍄📷
I think this is Smoky Bracket, Bjerkandera adusta, on dead wood at the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey. #MushroomMonday
#FungiFriends 🍄📷
#FungiFriends 🍄📷
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I think this is Smoky Bracket, Bjerkandera adusta, on dead wood at the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey. #MushroomMonday
#FungiFriends 🍄📷
#FungiFriends 🍄📷
Some very striking blue-tinged Crimped Gill, Plicatura crispa, on dead wood at the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey. #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends 🍄📷
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Some very striking blue-tinged Crimped Gill, Plicatura crispa, on dead wood at the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey. #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends 🍄📷
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We had a wonderful time catching up with friends old and new, huge thanks to you Louise and your amazing team for organising such a fantastic event!!!
Lovely to catch up with these two botanical superstars at yesterday's #BIBConf25!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
November 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We had a wonderful time catching up with friends old and new, huge thanks to you Louise and your amazing team for organising such a fantastic event!!!
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It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm, so it must be time for the best hour of the week, yes it’s #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to find #thewinter10 😀
Greater periwinkle, daisy, stitchwort and dandelion, wildflower flower finds on walks around Northumberland this week for #WildflowerHour
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm, so it must be time for the best hour of the week, yes it’s #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to find #thewinter10 😀
Still a teeny wee bit of colour on the Bell Heather, Erica cinerea, at the Devil's Punchbowl today. #WildflowerHour
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Still a teeny wee bit of colour on the Bell Heather, Erica cinerea, at the Devil's Punchbowl today. #WildflowerHour
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Black Friday all a bit much yesterday? Try my @theguardian.com country diary antidote, for something a little different...
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
Country diary: My Black Friday? A night-time skulk in the woods | Nic Wilson
Purwell Ninesprings, Hertfordshire: A chilly evening spent interpreting rustles and admiring the silhouetted trees – now that’s what I call a bargain
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November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Black Friday all a bit much yesterday? Try my @theguardian.com country diary antidote, for something a little different...
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
#countrydiary #naturewriting #BlackFriday
Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare, on a log in High Broom Wood. I was very pleased with the spore print. @highbroom.bsky.social #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 🍄📷
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare, on a log in High Broom Wood. I was very pleased with the spore print. @highbroom.bsky.social #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 🍄📷
What a stunning bird! We were delighted to watch two Green Woodpeckers foraging in one of the meadows at Bethlem Royal Hospital the other day.
❤️🖤💚💛
❤️🖤💚💛
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What a stunning bird! We were delighted to watch two Green Woodpeckers foraging in one of the meadows at Bethlem Royal Hospital the other day.
❤️🖤💚💛
❤️🖤💚💛
I haven't been able to do much proper fungi hunting so far this year, so it was nice to spot this Twig Parachute, Marasmiellus ramealis (on a dead Bramble stem) while we were walking through the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital yesterday. 📷 🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I haven't been able to do much proper fungi hunting so far this year, so it was nice to spot this Twig Parachute, Marasmiellus ramealis (on a dead Bramble stem) while we were walking through the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital yesterday. 📷 🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
I was super pleased to find the Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepata, still in flower at Lesnes Abbey (LB Bexley) on Tuesday. I thought I had missed it for this year. It has a delicious minty aroma. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I was super pleased to find the Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepata, still in flower at Lesnes Abbey (LB Bexley) on Tuesday. I thought I had missed it for this year. It has a delicious minty aroma. #WildflowerHour
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It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🎉Have you spotted any wild or naturalised plants in bloom across Britain & Ireland in the last week? Please share your pics if you have and did you find #thewinter10?
Still plenty in bloom here in central Scotland for #wildflowerhour - Wild Radish in an arable field, Jersey Cudweed in paving and Sweet Alison making a bid for freedom from a nearby planter.
The Cudweed is a recent coloniser, and seems to be spreading from Grangemouth along the Forth & Clyde Canal
The Cudweed is a recent coloniser, and seems to be spreading from Grangemouth along the Forth & Clyde Canal
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🎉Have you spotted any wild or naturalised plants in bloom across Britain & Ireland in the last week? Please share your pics if you have and did you find #thewinter10?
Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus, in the vast grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital. Always a delight to see. I tried to interest Mr O'D in cladodes, which I find fascinating, but he wasn't really paying attention. 🤷♀️ #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus, in the vast grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital. Always a delight to see. I tried to interest Mr O'D in cladodes, which I find fascinating, but he wasn't really paying attention. 🤷♀️ #WildflowerHour
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Powderpuff bracket, Postia ptychogaster.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Powderpuff bracket, Postia ptychogaster.
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The amazing Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum). Nondescript from above, astonishingly violet from below. On fallen pine a couple of weeks ago. November 2025. Surrey. #fungi #FungiFriends 💜
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The amazing Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum). Nondescript from above, astonishingly violet from below. On fallen pine a couple of weeks ago. November 2025. Surrey. #fungi #FungiFriends 💜
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Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
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The Biological Recording Handbook
Biological recording is the discipline of writing down natural history observations of a correctly identified species, in a specific location, on a specific date, by a named individual. Simple enough,...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
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Curious about lichens?
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Curious about lichens?
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
I spent a delightful few minutes in the company of a flock of these adorable wee Bumbarrels at Lesnes Abbey Woods yesterday. I am also pleased to discover that another old name for Long-tailed Tits is Mumruffin.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I spent a delightful few minutes in the company of a flock of these adorable wee Bumbarrels at Lesnes Abbey Woods yesterday. I am also pleased to discover that another old name for Long-tailed Tits is Mumruffin.
I meant to delete this test post, but since I forgot to, here is an explanation of what it is!
"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
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"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
group.canarywharf.com/press-releas...
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I meant to delete this test post, but since I forgot to, here is an explanation of what it is!
"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
group.canarywharf.com/press-releas...
"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
group.canarywharf.com/press-releas...
I had a nice walk through Lesnes Abbey Woods today and met a friendly Green Man.
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I had a nice walk through Lesnes Abbey Woods today and met a friendly Green Man.
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It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to spot #thewinter10, our challenge for the coldest months! ☺️
#WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 from #Preston this week; a shy common daisy, ragwort, fox & cubs, hogweed, pineapple weed, angelica looking like snowflakes! Hedge mustard, white dead nettle, red campion, hazel catkins, buttercup, honeysuckle, spindle @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to spot #thewinter10, our challenge for the coldest months! ☺️
A big patch of Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, has established itself at the entrance to Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A big patch of Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, has established itself at the entrance to Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
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