Hitting peak "bells" out in west Glos VC34. #wildflowerhour

Wood Anemone out in VC34 this afternoon. #wildflowerhour

Cotswold Pennycress 2026

Green Winged Orchid 2026

Pasqueflower Cotswolds 2026

Cotswold Pennycress still just hanging on, but Green Winged Orchid and Pasqueflower fresh out in VC33. #Wildflowerhour

Late visit to the West Sussex patch yesterday evening very quiet. However, 3 Shoveler close inshore loafing on the top of the tide, off the Felpham Yacht Club was a patch tick! #Sussexbirds #FelphamMiddletonBirds

Upper (L) and lower leaf surfaces of Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L) and Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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The north-west corner of VC34 (West Glos) shining with the light of a million suns. #SignsofSpring #Wildflowerhour

Winter ten for St.David's day. All from the banks of the River Dee, in the old county of East Flintshire. #wildflowerhour #Wrecsam

Late trip out this pm. 2 adult winter Med Gulls in the roost at the Mere, Ellesmere this evening. Two Egyptian Geese and a flyover Curlew as well. #ShropshireBirds #Ellesmere

One of 15 Goldeneye on the Mere, Ellesmere, this afternoon. #ShropshireBirds

Musley Lane late pm yesterday. Plenty of Redwing and Chaffinch in the maize stubble and hedgerows. #WrexhamBirds

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Three Whitefronts at #Coombehill this morning, probably my last patch tick of 2025. #GlosBirds

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social As it's the last #Wildflowerhour of 2025 some of the highlights. Large Venus's Looking-glass, Few-flowered Spike-rush, Red Helleborine, Holly-leaved Naiad, Sea-heath, Blue Pimpernel and Dwarf Pansy, on an April day when Bryher was colder and wetter than Shetland.

Late pm Felpham to Elmer #WestSussexBirds Gulls all along way offshore. Only birds of note being 3 Swallows west past Elmer Sea Defences at 1530hrs.

Welcome to the Hampshire Nature feed which is for natural history sightings and events/news (bioblitz, talks, walks etc), in Hampshire. The feed picks up tags like #HantsBirds, #HantsPlants, #HantsMoths, and #TeamMoth will work for Hampshire moth-ers. Some key locations should be picked up too, and extra locations or tags can be added. Please let us know if you've got suggestions to improve it 😊 Other feeds which might be of interest: • #HantsBirds • Moth feeds - #TeamMoth & #MigrantMothsuk • UK Wildlife photos • Birding UK/IRE (#HantsBirds works as do #ukbirding and other regional tags) • Low Carbon Birding (#LowCarbonBirding) • UK Patch Birding (e.g. #PWC2025 – patchwork challenge) • Birds! which collates global sightings & photos • Birding Gear • Wildlife ID and info books

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Counts from Felpham to Middleton last couple of evenings. 11 Brent Geese and 2 Sandwich Terns late yesterday. Ringed Plover roost up to 41, with max count of 175 Med Gulls including 4 colour ringed birds. Small but steady passage of Mippits , Skylark and 1 Siskin. #Sussexbirds

Late walk down the beach in pretty blustery conditions. From the Lobster Pot to Hannah's Groyne 37 Ringed Plover, 12 Turnstone and 3 Sanderling off HG,with 75 Med Gulls loafing off the LP the best. #Felpham #SussexBirds

Ten species of butterfly on the Pembrokeshire coast yesterday. Inc first Clouded Yellow of the Year with 4 Painted Ladies, 1 Wall, and 8 Small Coppers. Caerfai to Solva #St.Davids

Wow.

CEO Chris Corrigan with CEO of neighbouring wildlife Trust standing by the Thames at the March for Clean Water in 2024 holding a banner that says Make Water Great Again

Our CEO Chris Corrigan has written a guest blog for Mark Avery called 'Taking a stand for marine protection'.
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Beautiful botanical illustration by W Keble Martin from The Concise British Flora in Colour showing some of the members of the diverse daisy family. Can you find a member of the Asteraceae for #WildflowerHour this Sunday?

It’s late summer and the Asteraceae or daisy family are looking just splendid. Perfect for this week’s #WildflowerHour! See if you can find one & share your pics this Sunday evening 8-9pm using the hashtag #DaisyFamily. Happy Asteraceae hunting!

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Nine species of butterfly in the garden today, inc Holly Blue, Common Blue and Painted Lady.

Swallowtail Butterflies still on the wing at Hickling Broad today. #Swallowtail As well as more Norfolk Hawkers than you can shake a stick at.

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Fresh Painted Lady in the garden at 1725hrs.

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