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Wild Flowers you find across Britain & Ireland in the last week.
The biggest cheerleader for our wild plants!
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Wild Flowers you find across Britain & Ireland in the last week.
The biggest cheerleader for our wild plants!
Posts by @botanybeck.bsky.social
https://wildflowerhouruk.weebly.com/
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How cheery to find this Oxeye Daisy still defiantly upright, despite the weather this week. A total of 22 sp in flower on my #wildflowerhour walk. Included also Lucerne, Knapweed, Annual Mercury, Gorse, Prickly Oxtongue, Meadow Buttercup, Creeping Thistle, Cinquefoil and Bramble. #thewinter10
Much colder this week & those blooms were trickier to spot! Huge thanks to everyone that went looking and shared their gorgeous pics! Some surprises too - hawthorn in full flower alongside its fruit, I wonder what the next week will bring? Let’s meet again next Sunday to find out! 😀
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Cor blimey Steve, that’s an honour and a half!!! Cannot thank you enough for this, I’m absolutely stoked #BookoftheYear @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
My natural history book of the year is ‘Urban Plants’ by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Informative, entertaining and inspiring - after reading it you will never walk down a street, pass by a wall or look at a grass verge in the same way again. Highly recommended @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Informative, entertaining and inspiring - after reading it you will never walk down a street, pass by a wall or look at a grass verge in the same way again. Highly recommended @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Cor blimey Steve, that’s an honour and a half!!! Cannot thank you enough for this, I’m absolutely stoked #BookoftheYear @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Darn! Missed #wildflowerhour last night! But here's my #Winter10 from last week - better late than never. Names in alt-text. All from @rspb.bsky.social's Dungeness reserve, except for the Butcher's-broom which is from a local hedgerow. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #KentNature
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Darn! Missed #wildflowerhour last night! But here's my #Winter10 from last week - better late than never. Names in alt-text. All from @rspb.bsky.social's Dungeness reserve, except for the Butcher's-broom which is from a local hedgerow. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #KentNature
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It’s nearly December. Down beside the Conwy estuary, it’s time for the… err… Hawthorn to burst into bloom!! #Conwy #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s nearly December. Down beside the Conwy estuary, it’s time for the… err… Hawthorn to burst into bloom!! #Conwy #WildflowerHour
Much colder this week & those blooms were trickier to spot! Huge thanks to everyone that went looking and shared their gorgeous pics! Some surprises too - hawthorn in full flower alongside its fruit, I wonder what the next week will bring? Let’s meet again next Sunday to find out! 😀
How cheery to find this Oxeye Daisy still defiantly upright, despite the weather this week. A total of 22 sp in flower on my #wildflowerhour walk. Included also Lucerne, Knapweed, Annual Mercury, Gorse, Prickly Oxtongue, Meadow Buttercup, Creeping Thistle, Cinquefoil and Bramble. #thewinter10
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Much colder this week & those blooms were trickier to spot! Huge thanks to everyone that went looking and shared their gorgeous pics! Some surprises too - hawthorn in full flower alongside its fruit, I wonder what the next week will bring? Let’s meet again next Sunday to find out! 😀
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A strange, wintery-looking combination this week - meadowsweet coming into flower (seems late?) looking at first glance like frosty seedheads, set against a background of greenery and bright red berries (of white briony I think). By our local pond, in Oxfordshire.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A strange, wintery-looking combination this week - meadowsweet coming into flower (seems late?) looking at first glance like frosty seedheads, set against a background of greenery and bright red berries (of white briony I think). By our local pond, in Oxfordshire.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
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Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
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A wonderful winter ten Jeremy, it’s getting more difficult so well done for spotting them! 👏🏻🌿🌼❄️
#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 8:53 PM
A wonderful winter ten Jeremy, it’s getting more difficult so well done for spotting them! 👏🏻🌿🌼❄️
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Wild carrot from yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wild carrot from yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
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Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) in an arable field margin, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) in an arable field margin, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour
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Following the cold snap, this week’s #TheWinter10 was hard to come by, but some sheltered spots reaped rewards: Mexican Fleabane, Creeping Buttercup, Herb Robert, Groundsel, Red Deadnettle, White Deadnettle, Petty Spurge, Burnet Saxifrage, Dandelion & Yarrow
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Following the cold snap, this week’s #TheWinter10 was hard to come by, but some sheltered spots reaped rewards: Mexican Fleabane, Creeping Buttercup, Herb Robert, Groundsel, Red Deadnettle, White Deadnettle, Petty Spurge, Burnet Saxifrage, Dandelion & Yarrow
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
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Some bells still hanging in there on the bell heather at Curbar Edge this week @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Some bells still hanging in there on the bell heather at Curbar Edge this week @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Wildflowerhour
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Night flowering catchfly flowering in the Norfolk gloom. Huge plant for round here too. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Night flowering catchfly flowering in the Norfolk gloom. Huge plant for round here too. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
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Common yarrow catching some wintery rays for #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Common yarrow catching some wintery rays for #WildflowerHour
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Senecio inaequidens (Narrow-leaved Ragwort) in flower at Porthmadog today. #wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Senecio inaequidens (Narrow-leaved Ragwort) in flower at Porthmadog today. #wildflowerhour
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For #WildflowerHour this week, a plant with some of the tiniest of flowers. Pellitory-of-the-wall.
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For #WildflowerHour this week, a plant with some of the tiniest of flowers. Pellitory-of-the-wall.
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Smooth Hawk's-beard, Crepis capillaris. Holding on after recent floods & frosts.
#wildflowerhour at #RSPB Leighton Moss & along the #Silverdale shore
#wildflowerhour at #RSPB Leighton Moss & along the #Silverdale shore
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Smooth Hawk's-beard, Crepis capillaris. Holding on after recent floods & frosts.
#wildflowerhour at #RSPB Leighton Moss & along the #Silverdale shore
#wildflowerhour at #RSPB Leighton Moss & along the #Silverdale shore
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A single closed Hedgerow cranesbill brightened a muddy path today. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A single closed Hedgerow cranesbill brightened a muddy path today. #WildflowerHour
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A wintry week(end) with snow and a touch of frost. Plenty of pretty stuff to share for this week’s #Thewinter10 #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A wintry week(end) with snow and a touch of frost. Plenty of pretty stuff to share for this week’s #Thewinter10 #WildflowerHour
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I assume this was wild carrot with a fresh bright red flower at its centre. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I assume this was wild carrot with a fresh bright red flower at its centre. #WildflowerHour
It’s a been a bit trickier to find the winter ten this week, well done for spotting them Jill! 👏🏻🌿🌼
You know #TheWinter10 has kicked in when you’re including Groundsel. Dandelion, Wild clary, Red dead nettle, Groundsel, Hairy bittercress, Daisy, Shepherd’s purse, Yarrow, Black horehound, Shepherd’s purse again, Smooth sowthistle. West Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It’s a been a bit trickier to find the winter ten this week, well done for spotting them Jill! 👏🏻🌿🌼
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A tatty-looking field scabious clinging on through the first hard frosts of winter, while a freshly flowering hogweed shrugs off the chill #wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A tatty-looking field scabious clinging on through the first hard frosts of winter, while a freshly flowering hogweed shrugs off the chill #wildflowerhour
A beautiful winter ten David, thank you so much for sharing them! 👏🏻🌿🌸
I got #TheWinter10 walking into work one morning last week for #WildFlowerHour 🙂
Green Alkanet, White Clover, Red Dead-nettle, Shaggy Soldier, Red Clover, Knotgrass;
Yarrow, Black Nightshade, Bristly Oxtongue, Poppy.
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Green Alkanet, White Clover, Red Dead-nettle, Shaggy Soldier, Red Clover, Knotgrass;
Yarrow, Black Nightshade, Bristly Oxtongue, Poppy.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A beautiful winter ten David, thank you so much for sharing them! 👏🏻🌿🌸
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My wildflower finds this week are all from a wander along Brighton seafront. I think these 3 plants are all common groundsel; one had downturned ray-florets but wasn’t sticky. Thoughts? #wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My wildflower finds this week are all from a wander along Brighton seafront. I think these 3 plants are all common groundsel; one had downturned ray-florets but wasn’t sticky. Thoughts? #wildflowerhour
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Garlic Mustard flowering on a frosty November morning in a Lincolnshire hedgerow was not instantly recognisable. Somewhat out of season I thought I had found something new. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Garlic Mustard flowering on a frosty November morning in a Lincolnshire hedgerow was not instantly recognisable. Somewhat out of season I thought I had found something new. #WildflowerHour
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A lovely reminder that wild plants support so many species of wildlife, right through the year!
#WildFlowerHour
#WildFlowerHour
Just one solitary knapweed flower for #WildflowerHour but look, it's providing nectar for a beautiful green insect.
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A lovely reminder that wild plants support so many species of wildlife, right through the year!
#WildFlowerHour
#WildFlowerHour