Gracillaria syringella caught by hand yesterday evening, while taking in the washing. #teammoth

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

Subterranean Clover, Trifolium subterraneum on the common today #wildflowerhour

Spring vetch

Tiny spring vetch @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Peak Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta here in central Hampshire. Comes in blue, white and pink. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Common Solomon's Seal Polygonatum multiflorum. Crab Wood SSSI, Sparsholt, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Thank you. The plants did all the work, really.

Field Pepperwort, Lepidium campestre by the River Wey, Farnham. #cabbagefamily @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Common Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis in Farnham, Surrey. I fear this patch is destined to be sowed with non-native wildflowers in the near future. An email will have to be sent. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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

Goldilocks buttercup, Ranunculus auricomus on a woodland path. Alton, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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

Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia in an ancient woodland near Alton, Hampshire. I love walking in this bluebell wood at this time of year. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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

Found some Badger, Meles meles fur with my 3 yo. Grimely, it turned out to be the end of a tail!

Finally, a real smasher in my eyes. Viola riviniana f. luxurians. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Closer to home, around Farnham. Henbit, Lamium amplexicaule. Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa and Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

More from Suffolk. Field pansy, Viola arvensis. Shining Crane's-bill, Geranium lucidum. Common Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria muralis. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Also, at Landguard point. Spring vetch, Vicia lathyroides. Scarlet Pimpernel, Lysimachia arvensis and newly sprouting Sea Kale, Crambe maritima. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

I missed #wildflowerhour last night. But here are some botanical highlights from a trip to Suffolk. Fiddleneck, Amsinckia micrantha. Early Forget-me-not, Myosotis ramosissima. Sea mouse-ear, Cerastium diffusum and Little mouse-ear, Cerastium semidecandrum. At Landguard point @bsbibotany.bsky.social

5/5 last night. Early grey, Xylocampa areola. Brindled beauty, Lycia hirtaria. Clouded drab, Orthosia incerta and a new forest Frosted Green, Polyploca ridens. A Hebrew character, Orthosia gothica the other in attendance. Shotley peninsula, Suffolk. #teammoth

Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus tail feathers. It looks like a fox got it. on Landguard point, Suffolk.

Just waiting for the sun to go down in Suffolk. #teammoth

A bit of beachcombing at Landguard point this morning. Serpent star, Ophiura ophiura and a Masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus carapace.

A clear breezy night. Only 7/5. But a couple of NFY. Lunar Marbled Brown, Drymonia ruficornis and Oak-tree Pug, Eupithecia dodoneata. #teammoth

Oooooohh!

I thought I'd have a go tonight after the rain. It is going to be breezy, with the cloud clearing in the early hours. Wish me luck!

Pink Purslane, Claytonia sibirica lining the River Wey near Farnham this week. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Common Dog-violet, Viola riviniana. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Early Dog-violet, Viola reichenbachiana. I do like a Viola. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social