Wasp spider

Fleabane yellow wildflower

Wasp spider

Wasp spider amongst Fleabane great camouflage

Just returned from sweeping up the sunrise whilst sauntering #naturesblanket

Common Fleabane ~ Pulicaria dysenterica offering a hidden home for the incredible:

#Waspspider
~ Argiope bruennichi

What a beauty and superb camouflage to find amongst one of my fav wildflowers

#Biophilia

Fields of Flax with tractor tracks

Blue Flax flower head

Ever paused over a rippling blue field aching to ‘pull up’ anchor and ⛵️ sail off?

It’s possible

With a bounty of Flax/Linseed ~ Linum usitatissimum = “most useful”

As once rippled, rettled and hetcheled you have your sail cloth

How would you set your binnacle in
#naturesblanket

#Biophilia


There’s something really magical about the audio of a wildlife friendly garden/space

Particularly if you love the sounds of buzz pollination or ‘sonification’

It seems, letting these Welsh poppies do their thing trailing upto my door is a real welcome to all including the #Bees
#naturesblanket

2025 Somerset Skullcap

An ideal time to check in on this stunning rare wildflower root system Scutellaria altissima L. ~ Somerset Skullcap

As it’s local patch & habitat has been obliterated

Thankfully, I was called on the day so scooped a few seeds, now plant size & ready to reintroduce

#wildflowers
#naturesblanket

Early morning 🐦 calls from within the #Somersetlevels

Pop up your speaker to listen 🎧 into to the collective bird song of today’s #Dawnchorus
with the elusive #Bittern boom

What a gift to navigate #naturesblanket welcoming in the month of May on 2 wheels 🚲

#Birdsong
#nature
#Biophilia

Wild garlic flowering in swathes

No exaggeration this has to be the largest ‘patch’ of Wild garlic I’ve seen in years at this spot

It’s as far as the eye could see, with a fabulous hit on the olfactory

A favourite ancient wood peppered with Wood vetch, Archangel and the resting Bluebells

What a wonder to wander #naturesblanket

It’s been a while for a #WildFlowerHour post! 👋 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

With a fabulous find of Herb Paris ~ Paris quadrifolia that’s just beginning to open on the fringes of an ancient woodland

Such a stunning sight in #naturesblanket at all growth stages

So many uplifting ‘take homes’ whilst ambling #naturesblanket

Completely immersed within an ancient woodland

Particularly when it’s #Bluebell time

Celebrating the wonderful array of:
#Bees #pollinators
#wildflowers all in abundance this year

#Biophilia

Male Ashy Mining bee on hand

I know, but who doesn’t adore a male Andrena cineraria ~ Ashy mining bee?

Such a cool ‘tash’ as they emerge from their burrows searching for a mate, only to pop his clogs.

Job done!

#solitarybee
#naturesblanket
#baskingbee

Floofy dandelion cat laying on a persons hip who is laying in bed loafin

Small.black and white cat loafing in a bed corner

Ok i guess Ill get up and manuever and what not. I was so warm and comfy tho ❤️🐾 #Cats #NaturesBlanket #CatsofBlueSky #Floof #Loafin