Catching my eye in Gloucestershire’s Lower Woods last week, too.

Interesting. I haven’t heard that name before.

Close up of common chickweed flower.

Common chickweed, yesterday in a Gloucestershire field. #wildflowerhour

Close up bright purple and pink flowers of lungwort.

The jazzy flowers of lungwort at Gilbert White’s House, Selborne, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour

Profusion of blackthorn flowers filling the frame, with some close up in the foreground.

Beautiful blackthorn all over Gloucestershire this week. #treeflowers #wildflowerhour

A patch of low-growing wildflowers in a grassy field: four dandelions, red dead-nettle, speedwell, shepherd’s purse, common chickweed and hairy bittercress.

A whole frame full of wildflowers for #wildflowerhour: dandelions, red dead-nettle, speedwell, shepherd’s purse, common chickweed and hairy bittercress. Yesterday in a Gloucestershire field.

Early spring in the Cotswolds Carpets of wildflowers, colourful fungi and curious shells that caught my eye in February

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Wow, I’ve only ever seen one slow worm at a time.

I discovered some great wood ants’ nests in the New Forest this morning, and have the bites to prove it! I wonder how the ants react to so many slow worms on their patch?

Close up of blue speedwell flower growing low in a field, showing dark striations on petals and two stamens with black anthers and white filaments.

Speedwell in a Gloucestershire field this week. #signsofspring #wildflowerhour

Low angle close up of a bright yellow dandelion against blue sky, on the grassy margin of a field, looking as large as the distant tree beyond it.

A mighty dandelion in a Gloucestershire field this week. #signsofspring #wildflowerhour

Clumps of pale yellow primroses on a grassy, sloping bank, in late afternoon light.

Many primroses this week lining the banks of the Monarch’s Way in Gloucestershire. #signsofspring #wildflowerhour

Low angle, side view of wide open lesser celandine flowers, covering a verge in rural Gloucestershire.

This week in Gloucestershire: the snowdrops are fading, but the celandines steal the show. #wildflowerhour

Capturing celandines with a phone Inspiration and tips for phone nature photography in March

Thoughts on noticing nature and being absorbed in creativity this month.
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Rain, rain, rain, winter aconites, rain, rain. Gloucestershire this week. #wildflowerhour

The patterns of winter From tiny spores to dancing skies: things that caught my eye in January

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Wow! Ours (Gloucestershire) are not quite there yet - just a few very bedraggled ones.

Beautiful Green Hellebore, Helleborus viridis, in woodland on the edge of Croydon. 💚 It is a member of the Ranunculaceae, the Buttercup family. What look like green petals are in fact sepals, and the petals themselves are reduced to small tubular nectaries (visible in third photo). #WildflowerHour

Close up of yellow hazel catkins, with lots of out of focus catkins in the background, and a tiny, red female flower on the supporting twig.

Hazel catkins and one tiny, red female flower, in a rare moment earlier this week when it wasn’t raining and the air was still. #Gloucestershire #wildflowerhour

Very much enjoyed this exhibition this morning.

Close up of a clump of snowdrops, flowers fully open.

Snowdrops in Gloucestershire – this week, fully open. #wildflowerhour

Black-and-white image showing silhouette of an old oak tree in winter, beside a country lane, against overcast sky.

Tree of the week: an old oak on a Gloucestershire lane.

Endless rain and grey skies, not much wildlife about, but possibly the best time of year to admire old trees in the landscape?

Capturing tree silhouettes with a phone Inspiration and tips for phone nature photography in February

My latest post…
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Close up of a clump of snowdrops covered with water droplets from recent rain.

Snowdrops and raindrops. Plenty of both in Gloucestershire this week. #wildflowerhour

A clump of snowdrops on a bank strewn with fallen leaves.

Lots of snowdrops on the banks in Gloucestershire this week #wildflowerhour

Impressed with your pristine celandine. I’ve spotted a few in Gloucestershire this week, but all very battered!

Autumn in Transylvania last month.

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The unexpected Isles of Scilly Island nature beyond the seals and seabirds.

The seals and seabirds are wonderful, but this week I’ve written about some of the less conspicuous nature I encountered in these magical isles. stillinthewild.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...

Becoming Still in the Wild Time to refresh my Substack.

Does the new-term feeling of September ever wane? Not for me, it seems.
#naturephotography #natureconnection

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Some in the Isles of Scilly last week, too :) but so windy that photos unshareable!

A first for me: rock sea-spurrey. Small flowers, about a centimetre across. Decorating a slipway on Tresco, Isles of Scilly. #wildflowerhour #scilly