Interested in science, nature and the environment; enjoying the moments as the seasons come and go. Also on Mastodon at mstdn.party/@RogerRob473
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Jun 14
Beautiful dropwort (filipendula vulgaris) seen during my walk in West Hampshire this week. #wildflowerhour
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Jun 14
Deadly nightshade (atropa belladonna) flowering profusely, seen during my walk in West Hampshire this week. #wildflowerhour
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May 31
A second post this week for the #orchidchallenge, common spotted-orchid and pyramidal orchid from my walk today at Streatley (W. Berks). #wildflowerhour
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May 31
Some small white flowers spotted on my walk today at Streatley (W. Berks) - squinancywort, bastard toadflax & fairy flax. #wildflowerhour
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May 31
Spotted-orchids of varying appearances at Ashford Hill Meadows (N. Hants) this week. Google image search gives two of them as heath-spotted and one (the second) as common-spotted - hmm. #orchidchallenge #wildflowerhour
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May 31
Some flowers thriving in still damp habitats at Ashford Hill Meadows (N Hants) this week - water forget-me-not, brooklime, tufted forget-me-not (I think) and bog stitchwort. #wildflowerhour
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May 24
Pignut (the scattered white flowers) seen widespread across the grassland at Ashford Hill Meadows this week with heath spotted-orchid, heath speedwell and cuckooflower also present, though distributed more sporadically, for the #WildFlowerShow challenge. #wildflowerhour
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May 17
Two more finds from my walk today at Streatley (W. Berks) for the #tinyplants challenge - wild thyme (thymus polytrichus) and field madder (sherardia arvensis). #wildflowerhour
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May 17
Common milkwort (polygala vulgaris) in blue and pink from my walk today at Streatley (W. Berks) for the #tinyplants challenge. #wildflowerhour
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May 17
Three-nerved sandwort (moehringia trinervia) - tiny flowers if not the tiniest of plants - for the #tinyplants challenge this week. The leaves have 3-5 distinct veins instead of one central vein. Spotted in woodland at Headley (near Newbury), 13th May. #wildflowerhour
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May 17
Fringe cups (tellima grandiflora), a new one to me, naturalised by a ford across the River Enborne near Headley (N. Hants). With thanks to @hmd_db for providing directions to find it. #wildflowerhour
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May 17
Not able to get out and about at the time of the woodland plants challenge this year but, back on my feet, pleased this week to find wood sorrel, a favourite woodland flower, still in bloom in woodland at Headley (near Newbury), 13th May. #wildflowerhour
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Mar 29
Rue-leaved saxifrage on a section of old pavement at The Holies, Streatley (W. Berks), 28/3/26. #wildflowerhour
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Mar 22
Common stork's-bill (erodium cicutarium) from my walk yesterday at Streatley (W. Berks). Children traditionally make "scissors" from stork's-bill by sliding one long "bill" through a slit in another, allowing them to open and close. #wildflowerhour #storyplants
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Mar 22
Rue-leaved saxifrage, seen yesterday at Streatley (W. Berks), showing its first blooms - just. #wildflowerhour
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Mar 22
Wood anemones (anemone nemorosa) seen on my walk yesterday at Streatley (W. Berks). The name is taken from the Greek word anemos (wind). According to ancient legends it blooms only when the wind blows, signalling spring. #wildflowerhour #storyplants
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Mar 22
Three stars in a row from a local walk (N Hants). The lesser celandine was Wordsworth's favourite flower - he wrote 3 poems in its honour. Paradoxically a greater celandine was carved on his memorial plaque instead of the lesser variety he adored. #wildflowerhour #storyplants
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Mar 15
Three #whiteflowers from my walk yesterday at Streatley (W. Berks) - hairy bittercress, common chickweed and common whitlowgrass. #wildflowerhour
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