Autumn Ladies' Tresses on Studland Heath - Phew! I thought I'd missed them all.

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#Hops ripening in the #autumn hedgerows.

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Sea Buckthorn is so good for you - more #vitaminC than oranges and lemons is just the start of it - and has so many uses I don't know where to begin. I have yet to try ice cream made from its #berries...

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A small piece of art that shows a maidenhair spleenwort fern with the Lating and English names written at the top, held in a white person's hand.

Maidenhair spleenwort originally spotted in Wales. Coloured pencil and watercolour. #ukflora #wales #maidenhairspleenwort #ferns #nature #natureart #BannauBrycheiniog #miniart

Last of the Nettle-leaved Bellflowers, blooming in the shade of a copse.
Is it me or has it been a lousy year for flowers? Too long, hot and dry I guess.

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This Elderberry's suffered over the decades but it's hanging in there. The younger trees are dying, parched.

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Rock Samphire cascading down the cliffs at Winspit. Edible but nowhere near as succulent as Salicornia.

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The last of the flowering Small Teasel in one of my local woodlands this week ❤️

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#Buttonweed - a so-called 'wool alien' - has been naturalised in the UK over the centuries, thanks to their seeds being attached to the fleeces of sheep imported from all corners of the Empire.

#wildflowerhour #saltmarshplants #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #invasivespecies #naturephotography #asteraceae

Yellow Loosestrife, to bookend it. Kind of.

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Now this is why we like #StingingNettles. #Peacock #caterpillars love nothing better.

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Some beautifully bright Common Fleabane for this week's #WildflowerHour, which added such lovely sunny colour to a rainy day ❤️

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Such a lovely little #wildflower which is so beneficial for #wildlife ❤️ I'm lucky enough to have this flowering in a local wood and I'm always astounded at how many insects are attracted to its flowerheads!

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Purple Loosestrife messing about by the river.

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Bad hair day for Crow Garlic.

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Hemp Agrimony just coming into bloom, an important late summer nectar source, here enjoyed by a Large Skipper.

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Yellow Birdsnest: a pale yellow plant growing out of the woodland floor carpeted with beech leaves.

Yellow Birdsnest (Monotropa hypopitys) seen growing amongst beech leaves on the forest floor in Surrey today. #WildflowerHour #UKFlora

Beautifully dainty Meadow Cranesbill for this week's #WildflowerHour; their thin, lilac petals catching the bright sunlight so perfectly ❤️

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Sea Lavender brightening up the saltmarsh.

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'And weeds that bloomed in summer hours
I thought they should be reckoned flowers
They made a garden free for all
And so I loved them great and small'

Happy Birthday #JohnClare! 🎉

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The advantages of travelling around the U.K. for work. Today in the Lake District, Cumbria & caught up with the RSPB Foulshaw Moss Ospreys & White-faced Darters. Then nearby & after a bit of searching managed to find 3 Dark Red Helleborines. #ukwildlife #ukbirds #ukflora #ukdragonflies #ukorchids

English scenes from a Canadian abroad. Not sure whose soul needs these views today but mine does. Wish I could grow lavender like this. #Saturdaystuff #UKflora

Humble flowering #Bramble being enjoyed by a Silver-washed Fritillary, plus a decent supporting cast.

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A particularly perfect Pyramidal Orchid blooming on our local roadside verge, which is left to grow wonderfully, beautifully wild each year ❤️

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What an incredible sight! 😍

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Silver-studded Blues having met a sticky end in a #Sundew.

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Great Mullein, interrupted.

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A short diversion after work to a nature reserve just N of Peterborough for this Bi-coloured Bee Orchid #orchid #wildflowerhour #beeorchid #ophrysapifera #ukflora @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

A beautiful patch of magenta pink Hedge Woundwort, flowering en masse in a little #woodland clearing @midsandeastnt.bsky.social #WimpoleEstate ❤️

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