Both ends of the Lepidoptera scale at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire today.

Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia warming up, and one of many Grizzled Skippers Pyrgus malvae.

A trio of lovely sedges from Martin Down NNR today. Dwarf Sedge Carex humilis, Spring-sedge C. caryophyllea, Glaucous Sedge C. flacca. Very few humilis seen: all a bit delayed it seems. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The new Hampshire & Isle of Wight Butterfly and Moth Society have their Inaugural AGM and Members' Morning on Sunday (26th April) at Littleton Memorial Hall 1000-1300

High water at the Northney saltmarsh on the northern fringe of Hayling Island. The sun was shining and terns are passing through. What's not to like? 💙

A photo of William the male Winchester Peregrine on a church tower with lichen on

Peregrine in Winchester this evening #Birds #UKWildlife

A new site for Coleophora solitariella just found, almost on the doorstep, where there was only a small amount of the foodplant. Sometimes it pays to have a quick look. Somewhat unexpected! S Hants, VC11 #teammoth

A couple of hours out pre-work added three to the year list (now on 86).
Pebble Hook-tip & Eriocrania sangii were nice and photogenic, Adela reaumurella much less so.
The inevitable Coleophora serratella cases also seen.

#teammoth

This ladderback made the early morning worthwhile today! #HantsBirds #NewForest @lesserspotnet.bsky.social

After a warm Saturday, and with a brand new bulb, had hoped for more than the final tally of 18/13 last night.
Only Brindled Beauty (4) & Waved Umber (3) weren't singles.

Did include 5 NFY however, with Iron Prominent, Muslin Moth, Angle Shades & Red-green Carpet shown

#teammoth

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6/4 last night. I'm a bit disappointed. Brindled Pug, Eupithecia abbreviata. Knot Grass, Acronicta rumicis Common Plume, Emmelina monodactyla and Hebrew character, Orthosia gothica. #teammoth

#HantsBirds

Some good weekend birding on Hayling, more details here - haylingbirding.wordpress.com

📸 - willow warbler, wood warbler, whinchat, wheatear

Pineapple mayweed with one central yellow ish flower head. It is near a parked car

Cow Parsley with lots of tiny white flowers

Pale pink flowers with 4 petals each in a cluster.

Scarlet Pimpernel. Red flowers in amongst grass

Other plants noted today include Pineapple Mayweed, Cow Parsley, Scarlet Pimpernel at Hill Head, and Cuckoo-flower at Titchfield Haven #WildflowerHour

Great to see my first fledglings of the year yesterday. This Song Thrush was invisible against the leaf litter until it was flushed into some nearby ivy #NewForest #HantsBirds

Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris infected with the slime mold Albugo candida for #cabbagefamily #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Sheep's-bit, Jasione montana, in the dunes at Sinah Common, Hayling Island today. #WildflowerHour

Yellow Archangel, Lamium galeobdolon in an ancient woodland, Alton, Hampshire. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Teeny tiny little Early Forget-me-not, Myosotis ramosissima, in the dunes at Sinah Common, Hayling Island today. #WildflowerHour

Spring Vetch, Vicia lathyroides

Toothed Medick, Medicago polymorpha

Subterranean Clover, Trifolium subterraneum

Birdsfoot, Ornithopus perpusillus

Some gorgeous little members of the fabulous Fabaceae from Sinah Common, Hayling Island today.

Spring Vetch (Vicia lathyroides), Toothed Medick, (Medicago polymorpha), Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterraneum) and Birdsfoot (Ornithopus perpusillus).

#WildflowerHour

Sea Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus, in both yellow and white, at Sinah Common, Hayling Island today. #WildflowerHour #CabbageFamily

Hoary Cress, Lepidium draba, at Hayling Island today. Also frequent along my local road verges. #WildflowerHour #CabbageFamily

A purple orchid blooms near the shore at Barleycove in the west of Ireland

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Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in vivid pink. Crab Wood SSSI, Sparsholt, Hampshire this afternoon. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Beech Fagus sylvatica. Sparsholt, Hampshire. The young leaves are rather tasty. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Spring Vetch Vicia lathyroides just starting to make itself available on the vegetated dunes of Hayling Island, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Green-winged Orchids Anacamptis morio in their hundreds across the vegetated dunes of Sinah Common, Hayling Island, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Mousetail Myosurus minimus in SE Hampshire this afternoon. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Sanicle Sanicula europaea and Wood Speedwell Veronica montana in a beautiful big of ancient woodland in Havant, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Following further examination, this indeed turned out to be Flixweed Descurainia sophia, a very good record for vc11 South Hampshire. Last noted at this site many decades ago, so worth double-checking.

It's Subterranean Clover Trifolium subterraneum time! Purbrook Heath, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social