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Greater stitchwort flowering in West Sussex earlier this week.

London E1, Wapping/Shadwell area-an Edward the 8th postbox. Not too many of these about. #postboxsaturday

Wood avens flowering in Friston Forest, Sussex this week.

#PostboxSaturday An 'anonymous', i.e. no cypher, postbox in Eastbourne, made by Handyside.

Devil's bit Scabious on the Eastbourne Downs on Saturday #wildflowerhour

Spotted a Platycheirus albimanus female and Episyrphus balteatus male, both on ivy in a sheltered sunny part of Butts Meadow, near Eastbourne. Three butterfly species as well, including Clouded yellow!

#wildflowerhour Dandelion on the downs near Eastbourne today

#wildflowerhour Two from the Eastbourne Downs today. Hogweed and Greater knapweed.

Yarrow flowering on the Knepp Estate, W Sussex this week. #wildflowerhour

Two butterflies seen today at Wolstonbury Hill, West Sussex. Meadow brown and Small blue.

Tormentil flowering at Broadwater Warren today #wildflowerhour

Yellow pimpernel in Broadwater Warren, E. Sussex today #wildflowerhour

Bramble flowering earlier this week in Park Corner Heath, Sussex. #wildflowerhour

Plenty of oak trees flowering in Sussex this week. This tree had several currant galls on both the blossom and the leaves! #wildflowerhour

Field Maple flowering this week near Hastings, Sussex. #wildflowerhour

Greater stitchwort flowering in East Sussex this week. #wildflowerhour

Red campion this week in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

My first Grizzled skipper of the year spotted today on the South Downs near Horseshoe Plantation. @southdownsnp.bsky.social

On the South Downs near Eastbourne. Blackthorn flowering with a Speckled wood butterfly thrown in for good measure. #treeflowers
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Still plenty of Lesser celandines around in flower. This one has a bonus pollinator, a Melanostoma sp. hoverfly. #wildflowerhour

Flowering Cow parsley is becoming more noticeable now. This one from near East Langdon, Kent. #wildflowerhour

Salix sp. flowering this week near Newhaven, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour
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Seeing more dandelions flowering now in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

Plenty of Wood Anemones out this week in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

You'll probably see some this week!

Plenty of Bee-flies recently in East Sussex. Yesterday, (not great photos, but you can see the wing spots), I saw my first Dotted bee-fly at Lullington Heath. Today, a better photo of a Dark-edged bee-fly. These were in abundance in Abbots Wood.
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Some starting to flower around the Wilmington Long Man area yesterday. One or two yellowhammers singing as well!

Green alkanet in flower in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

Blackthorn flowering today on the South Downs, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

Partial solar eclipse today, using binoculars and a bit of paper to view it!