Image shows the lower part of a Horse Chestnut Tree growing at the edge of a path and lawn, surrounded by wildflowers and with a path and building with columns in the background
A mature Horse Chestnut tree in the grounds of #Cambridge University's Downing College
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
Image shows a collage of close-ups of wildflowers: Top: Cow Parsley, Spotted Medick, Common Stork's-bill, Green Alkanet, Common Ragwort and Round-leaved Crane's-bill Lower: Red Dead-nettle, Wild Garlic, Common Field Speedwell and White Comfrey
A selection of wildflowers seen this week in Cambridgeshire whilst looking for members of the #CabbageFamily - Honesty and Garlic Mustard are shown separately
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#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up image of a plant with bright green textured leaves and at the top of the stem there is a cluster of tiny white flowers which are opening. Each flower has four delicate petals and pale yellow centres. There are still some green buds in the centre of the cluster. The background is lightly blurred, showing brown twigs and dried leaves on a woodland floor.
Close-up of Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata with its cluster of small white flowers opening at the top of the stem and alternate bright green leaves below; seen yesterday in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire 💚🤍
#CabbageFamily #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A cluster of vibrant purple flowers, each with four delicate petals against a lightly blurred backdrop of green leaves
A cluster of vibrant purple Honesty, Lunaria annua flowers, against a lightly blurred backdrop of green leaves for this week's #CabbageFamily challenge 💜
#Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #PurpleFlowers
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Close-up of a cluster of tiny white or cream tree flowers with some still in bud, surrounded by broad green textured leaves with noticeable veins, against a lightly blurred background of branches and foliage.
Wayfaring Tree, Vibernum lantana now flowering where it grows against your homeward path in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#TreeFlowers#Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
The image shows a gateway into a building built mainly of red bricks, with light coloured stone surrounding a multi-pane window above an arched wooden doorway in the centre. The stonework at roof level has an inscription that reads H M King George the Fifth's Gateway. At the very top is a flagpole and a weather-vane.
Close-up of doorway from previous image
'HM King George The Fifth's Gateway', with large arched wooden doorway which is the entrance to The Leys School in Cambridge
#ThursGate #lovegates #AdoorableThursday #NoContextDoors #DailyDoor #Doors
Close-up of a mainly red ladybird with black spots resting on a green leaf
A 7-spot Ladybird on Field Maple, Acer campestre 🐞🍃
#WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday #Ladybirds #Ladybugs
The image shows a close-up of a white butterfly resting on a green leaf and feeding from a small blue flower; the butterfly's wings are open, shown from above and they have slight grey colouring on their edges. The plant has hairy green leaves and a hairy stem.
A white butterfly (probably Green-veined White) enjoying a nectar-rich blue flower of Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens 💙💚🤍
#WildWebsWednesday #Butterflies #InsectThursday @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
The image is of the lower trunk of a mature tree that has split low to the ground into several large branches. Its bark is rough and textured, with patches of green moss growing along the lower sections. The tree is surrounded by grass on which there ar shadows and there are yellow flowers and other trees in the background and a bright blue sky.
For #ThickTrunkTuesday, this Purple hybrid Catalpa (Catalpa x erubescens 'Purpurea') which is a type of Indian Bean Tree to be found in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #AltText
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Close-up of a fully open White Campion flower, set against a lightly blurred background of grasses and foliage
White Campion, Silene latifolia, seen this week in Cambridge
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Image shows a collage of close-ups of woodland wildflowers: Top: Wood Forget-me-not, Ground Ivy, Honesty, Cow Parsley, Lesser Periwinkle and Cuckoo Pint Lower: Greater Celandine, Garlic Mustard, Green Alkanet and Nipplewort
Selection of #WoodlandPlants seen this week in Cambridgeshire
Top: Wood Forget-me-not, Ground Ivy, Honesty, Cow Parsley, Lesser Periwinkle and Cuckoo Pint
Lower: Greater Celandine, Garlic Mustard, Green Alkanet and Nipplewort
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A close-up of a small pink flower with five petals and a white centre, growing up from a pavement against a wall, with green leaves above and below it. The bricks have lichen on them.
A close-up of a small cluster of tubular shaped yellow flowers with some pale green markings on the petals, surrounded by the plant's green leaves
So nice to see some colourful #pavementplants in Cambridge this week - a pretty pink Herb Robert flower and a small patch of Yellow Corydalis with a hint of green on the petals #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #UrbanPlants
A collage of images of a plant whose flowers are bell-like and have a chequered pattern on their petals and can be a shade of purple, pink or white in colour
Snake's Head Fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, with its chequered, purple, pink or white, bell-like flowers, seen recently at the National Trust's Anglesey Abbey, Cambs 💜🩷🤍
@midsandeastnt.bsky.social #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers #ColorADay #ColourADay #MagentaMonday #PinkMonday #BloomScrollling
A red ladybird with 7 black spots on a cluster of small green buds with 2 textured leaves on either side; set against a lightly blurred background of mainly greens and brown
A 7-spot ladybird on the tightly packed green buds of an unopened flowerhead of the Wayfaring Tree, Viburnum lantana; set against a lightly blurred background
#WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #Trees #TreeFlowers #TreeClub
A collage of Spring wildflowers that include Balkan Anemone, Red Dead-nettle, Cow Parsley, Bulbous Buttercup, Herb Robert, Cowslip, Wood Forget-me-not and Ground Ivy
A selection of #wildflowers from this week's wanders around #Cambridgeshire: Balkan Anemone, Red Dead-nettle, Cow Parsley, Bulbous Buttercup, Herb Robert, Cowslip, Wood Forget-me-not, Balkan Anemone and Ground Ivy
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of a small wildflower with raindrops on the edge of its open flowers which are bright yellow with tiny orange markings towards each centre and there are some green unopened buds; set against a blurred green background of leaves and grass
Cowslip, Primula veris, with raindrops for the #CowslipChallenge, from this week in #Cambridge
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of delicate blue Wood Forget-me-not flowers with yellow centres surrounded by the plant's green leaves growing on a woodland floor; set against a lightly blurred background of browns and greens
The lovely colourful Wood Forget-me-not, Myosotis sylvatica, was thriving this week in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire @cambridgeppf.bsky.social #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A close-up of three bright yellow fully open flowers that each have five petal-like sepals with delicate veins and a dense cluster of tiny yellow stamens in the centre, with some green leaves behind them and set against a softly blurred mainly grey background
A trio of vibrant golden-yellow Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) flowers, with some green leaves below them and set against a softly blurred mainly grey background; seen this week in Cambridgeshire 💛
#SundayYellow #Stunday #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour
Close-up of a small green fern with smooth, shiny, tongue-shaped leaves called fronds; at its centre a new frond is unfurling. It is growing out of a crack or small hole in a tree trunk and there is also moss and lichen on the dark rough tree bark around the fern.
A small Hart's-tongue Fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, with some new growth unfurling has made its home in a tree trunk, surrounded by mosses and lichen; seen last week in #Cambridge
#FernFriday #Ferns
Closeup of a honey bee foraging on the flowers of a Yoshino Cherry Blossom tree; the flowers have white petals with pink centres
A Honey Bee seen recently foraging on the special Yoshino Cherry blossom in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 💮
#InsectThursday #Honeybees #BlossomWatch
The image shows the lower trunk of a large, mature tree that has a thick, rugged trunk that splits into several limbs close to the ground; the bark is deeply textured with ridges and grooves, there is grass around it and shrubs and other trees beyond and a blue sky above
A fine Caucasian Wingnut tree for #ThickTrunkTuesday, seen on a recent sunny day in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social; "originally it consisted of two trees but it is now an immense thicket of huge suckers.....after one of the original trees had blown down in 1886" #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday
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A collage of tree flowers, some open and others still in bud; clockwise from top left, they are Norway Maple, Wych Elm, Wild Cherry, Field Maple, Wayfaring Tree and Blackthorn
A selection of #TreeFlowers, some open and others still in bud; seen this week in Cambridgeshire
Clockwise from Top/L: Norway Maple, Wych Elm, Wild Cherry, Field Maple, Wayfaring Tree and Blackthorn
#TreeFlowers #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social