My final @bsbibotany.bsky.social new year plant hunt was in Wiltshire with a very respectable 50 species in flower. Highlights were Senecio viscosus and Veronica agrestis and of course excellent company #Wiltsbotsoc

#WiltsBotSoc picnicking to the amusement of those queueing for Salisbury recycling centre, and then optimistically searching for flowers on some Callitriche that anglers had dumped on the bank of the Nadder #NewYearPlantHunt - our final total 49 (or maybe 50 - we’ll see!)

#thewinter10 (looking mostly moribund) in N. Wilts. for #wildflowerhour: Dandelion, White Deadnettle, Trailing Bellflower, Red Campion, Wild Carrot, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Prickly Sowthistle, Bristly Oxtongue, Primrose & Red Valerian #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#thewinter10 (rather bedraggled) in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Bramble, Red Campion, Daisy, Hemp Agrimony, Upright Hedge Parsley, Welsh Poppy, Creeping Thistle, Wild Carrot, Prickly Oxtongue & Common Ragwort #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) fruits looking almost luminous amidst yesterday's sodden gloom along the Broadmead Brook in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Hogweed, Burnet Saxifrage, Wild Angelica, White Dead-nettle, Wild Basil, Bush Vetch, Welted Thistle, Devil's-bit Scabious, Ivy-leaved Toadflax & Trailing Bellflower. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Burnet Saxifrage, Creeping Thistle, Herb Robert, Dandelion, Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Wild Angelica, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Lesser Burdock, Red Campion & Prickly Sowthistle. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Strikingly cerise Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) fruits showing the bright orange seeds in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Flowers in bloom in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Daisy, White Deadnettle, Herb Robert, Common Ragwort, Red Campion, Spear Thistle, Common Knapweed (rayed), Hop Trefoil, Meadow Buttercup & Devil's-bit Scabious. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Flowers soldiering on in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Dewberry, Smooth Sowthistle, Rough Hawkbit, Trailing & Nettle-leaved Bellflowers, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Red Clover, Teasel, Common Mouse-ear & Burnet Saxifrage. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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1st of 2 collages of flowers in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Common Mallow, Hogweed, Ivy, White Dead-nettle, Red Campion, Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Lesser Burdock, Water Figwort, Dandelion & Prickly Sowthistle. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

2nd of 2 collages of flowers in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Meadow Buttercup, Smooth Hawksbeard, Common Rockrose, Welted Thistle, Her Robert, Devil's-bit Scabious, Small Scabious & Field Scabious. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Some attractive autumn colours being displayed by Wild Service Trees in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Some colourful fruits seen in N. Wilts. today for this week's #WildflowerHour: Black Bryony, Holly, Wild Service Tree chequers (ripening 2 pics; ripe 2 pics) & Guelder Rose (2 pics). #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

A few plants found flowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Red Valerian, Herb Robert, Procumbent Yellow Sorrel, Ivy, Trailing Bellflower & Common Ragwort. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Autumn colour from yesterday’s #WiltsBotSoc meeting at Great Wood, Grittenham - (Swedish?) Whitebeam, Wayfaing Tree, Bullace (very tasty!) and Wild Service Tree #WildflowerHour

Plants flowering in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour: Marsh Woundwort, Tormentil, Common Toadflax, Nettle-leaved Bellflower (f. alba), Meadow saffron, Monkeyflower, Devil's-bit Scabious, Welsh Poppy, Sowbread & Wood Avens. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Two #FavouritePlants from #WiltsBotSoc weekend in Suffolk/Norfolk Fiddleneck from Knettishall Heath and Tephroseris palustris (can’t remember common name and running out of charge on train 😬) from Dickleburgh #WildflowerHour

Difficult to choose a single #favouriteplant for the #WildflowerHour challenge, so I've plumped for two lovely orchids I saw for the 1st time this summer: Greater Butterfly Orchid & Marsh Helleborine. They elicited a 'Wow!' from me. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Delighted to see masses of Henbit Deadnettle with #WiltsBotSoc just a shame it all had Powdery (?) Mildew! Organic farm at Bishopstone near Swindon #seedheads #WildflowerHour

1st of 3 collages of #SeedHeads in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Wood Avens, Common Gromwell, Wild Marjoram, Field Scabious, Hop, Self Heal, Square-stalked St John's-wort & Hedge Woundwort #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

2nd of 3 collages of #SeedHeads in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Greater Burdock, Great Mullein, Agrimony, Meadowsweet, Teasel, Wild Clematis, Water Figwort & Greater Knapweed. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

3rd of 3 collages of #SeedHeads in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Hogweed, Wild Angelica, Perforate St John's-wort, Hemp Agrimony, Woolly Thistle, Great Willowherb, Water Mint & Common Knapweed #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

1st of 2 posts of #fruits in N. Wilts for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Honeysuckle, Black Bryony, Yew, Barberry, Lords-and-ladies, Bramble, Purging Buckthorn & Dog Rose hips. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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2nd of 2 posts of #fruits in N. Wilts for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Guelder Rose, Wayfaring Tree, Elder, Hawthorn (haws), Wild Service Tree (chequers), Blackthorn (sloes), Crab Apple & Dewberry. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Two #GentianFamily members in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Yellow-wort & Common Centaury - anthers shaped like fusilli pasta! Fruitless 2-hr search for Autumn Gentians at Wiltshire WT's parched Morgan's Hill reserve. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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A variety of flowers seen in N. Wilts. this week for #WildflowerHour: Nettle-leaved Bellflower (f. alba), Round-headed Rampion, Fleabane, Clustered Bellflower, Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea, Devil's-bit Scabious (💜&🤍) & Musk Mallow. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Some #DaisyFamily plants seen in N. Wilts. for #WildflowerHour: Dwarf, Creeping, Welted & Woolly Thistles, Hemp Agrimony, Chicory, Saw-wort, Nipplewort, Smooth Hawksbeard & Catsear. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Autumn Lady's-Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) struggling to show in N. Wilts. as the last of out native oprchids to bloom. Most plants are significantly smaller than usual, presumably due to the prolonged dry spell. #WildflowerHour #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Top Row: Small Heath, Drone Fly, Chalkhill Blue (male) Middle Row: 6-spot Ladybirds, Common Carder Bee Bottom Row: White-tailed Bubblebee, Gatekeeper (male), Red Admiral

2nd of 2 collages of plants with #PollinatorPals (IDs in Alt text) in N. Wilts. #Wildflowerhour Creeping Thistle, Field Scabious, Wild Majoram, Wild Angelica, Purple Loosestrife, Hemp Agrimony, Small Scabious & Buddleja (naturalised). #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social