Lyn Edmonds

A short flower spike of tiny pinky-white 2-petalled flowers and some hairy seed capsules, all on a hairy stem, against a blurred green background of leaves

Enchanter's Nightshade, Circaea lutetiana, with such delicate pinky-white flowers and hairy seed capsules, seen in Cambridge and a new one for me this week
#Enchanter'sNightshade #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a Honey Bee showing one of its pollen sacs or baskets on the side of its body, feeding on a spike of yellow flowers, against a blurred background of other flowers and grasses

A Honey bee, Apis mellifera, with one of its pollen sacs/baskets visible, feeding on #WildMignonette, Reseda odorata, a particularly attractive wildflower for honey bees, seen in Cambridgeshire this week
#PollinatorPals #HoneyBee #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Two small black hoverflies feeding on the small yellow flowers of Fennel

The open, flat-topped flowerheads of Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, provide easy access for the hoverflies to feed on them, seen in Cambridge this week
#PollinatorPals #Hoverflies #Fennel #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A Meadow Brown butterfly and a small black fly feeding on the bright yellow flowers of Common Ragwort

A Meadow Brown butterfly and a fly feeding on Common Ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, seen in the grounds of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire this week
#PollinatorPals #MeadowBrownButterfly #CommonRagwort #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Small snail on brown seedhead of a flower, against blurred background of other flowers and grasses

Small brown snail on purple flower, against a green background of other flowers and grasses

The snails were also enjoying the wildflowers with us in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire last week; one (L) on a Knapweed seedhead and the other (R) on some Tufted Vetch 🐌🐌
#SaturdaySnails #SnailSaturday #snails #Wildflowers

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Close-up of Rosebay Willowherb, Chamaenerion angustifolium, also known as Fireweed with its pretty individual purple florets against a blurred background of trees

Rosebay Willowherb, Chamaenerion angustifolium, also known as Fireweed with its pretty purple individual florets
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFire #RosebayWillowherb #Fireweed #Wildflowers💜

Oyster Mushrooms on a fallen tree trunk in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #OysterMushrooms 🍄

Black fly resting on a green leaf

Taking photos of butterflies when I noticed this fly nearby - could it be a Kite-tailed Robberfly; ID help welcomed
#InsectThursday #fly #Robberfly @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

An orange-brown butterfly with darker markings on its wings which have irregular edges resting with its wings open; viewed from above as it rests on a green leaf, surrounded by other leaves and thorny stems of a bush

A beautiful Comma butterfly resting on a leaf of a blackberry bush in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#CommaButterfly #WildWebsWednesday #Butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, for #WyrtWednesday; considered a sacred herb steeped in folklore, magic and healing, and known as the 'dream herb'
#Mugwort #wildflowers #WildflowerHour

A single blue flower, Linum perenne, the Perennial or Blue Flax wildflower seen earlier this year in Cambridgeshire, to celebrate its #JacobinDay today
#BlueFlax #BlueFlowers #BlueMonday #wildflowers

A purple flower in the centre, with part of a yellow one to the left side, against a blurred background of other yellow flowers and grasses

Tufted Vetch, Vicia cracca, surrounded by Reseda lutea, the Yellow or Wild Mignonette, seen this week in Cambridgeshire
#TuftedVetch #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A spike of tiny greenish white flowers with long pinky-purple stamens and white anthers at right angles, giving the flower a fuzzy look and a pinkish hue

Pleased to find this pretty Hoary Plantain flower, with its intricate spike of flowers, with long pinky-purple stamens and white anthers which made it noticeable in a field in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire this week
#HoaryPlantain #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of the tiny pink and white flowers of a Yarrow flowerhead as seen from above, with a blurred background of other wildflowers beneath

Pretty pink and white flowers of Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, seen this week in Cambridgeshire
#Yarrow #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a Black Horehound flower with some empty sepal tubes and some remaining pinky-purple flowers that have patterned petals and a hairy hood, with some of its leaves below, against a blurred background

Black Horehound, Ballota nigra, with some remaining pinky-purple flowers that have patterned petals and a hairy hood, seen this week in Cambridge
#BlackHorehound #WildflowerHour #DeadNettlefamily @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Small white and purple speckled flowers of Gypsywort growing around its square stem, with others below that are out of focus against a blurred green background

Gypsywort/Gipsywort, Lycopus europaeus, with its tiny white and purple speckled flowers growing in a whorl around its square stem, seen this week in Cambridge - and a new one for me
#Gypsywort #Gipsywort #WildflowerHour #DeadNettlefamily @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Four yellow flowers, each with five petals of a rose named Tottering-by-Gently, against a blurred green background of its leaves

Flowers of a 'Tottering-by-Gently' David Austin Rose with a hoverfly visitor, seen in the Rose Garden at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire; named to celebrate 25th anniversary of Annie Tempest’s cartoon in Country Life
#SundayYellow #YellowSunday #YellowFlowers #FlowersOnSunday #SundayFlowers #Stunday

A red rose with 2 buds and green leaves in the background

'Red Abundance', a Harkness Rose seen in the Rose Garden at the National Trust's Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
#RoseWednesday

The lower part of a tree trunk, with its man branches rising upwards surrounded by dry brown parched grass

Quercus robur 'Fastigiata' for #ThickTrunkTuesday, seen a couple of weeks ago when surrounded by very dry parched grass in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Amazing aren't they? So colourful with the wings open too

Jersey Tiger Moth with closed wings which have a diagonal black and cream zebra stripe pattern, holding onto a thick stem of a large green leafy bush

Jersey Tiger Moth with closed wings which have a diagonal black and cream zebra stripe pattern, seen in Cambridge last week
#MothMonday #TeamMoth #JerseyTigerMoth #Moths

A purple and pink striped flower of Morning Glory that is fading and as it does so its petals curl inwards into a roll, with a white centre and blurred green background

As this beautiful Morning Glory flower fades, its petals fold inwards and they roll up into a tubular shape before it withers away; it looks so silky soft
#MagentaMonday #MorningGlory #BloomScrolling

A tiny white flower with its petals swept backwards, with others that are either in bud or spent, surrounded by green leaves, one of which is upturned, against a blurred background of soil and dried grass

Such a pretty white flower of the potentially toxic Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum), seen this week in Cambridge
#BlackNightshade #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a Wild Basil flower with only a few tiny light purple flowers remaining and some raindrops; the plant has a hairy stem, leaves and sepal tubes, against a background of other blurred yellow wildflowers

Wild Basil with only a few light purple flowers remaining & some raindrops; against a blurred background of mainly Bird's-foot Trefoil, seen this week in the heavy rain 🌧️in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#WildBasil #WildflowerHour #DeadNettlefamily @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a Wild Marjoram flower, with its tiny flowers in shades of pink, against a blurred green background of other grasses and flowers

Wild Marjoram, with its tiny pink flowers and reddish coloured bracts, seen this week in the heavy rain 🌧️in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#WildMarjoram #WildflowerHour #DeadNettlefamily @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

@slowdriver25.bsky.social thank you for the repost 🔆

@d21p22.bsky.social thank you for the repost 🔆

Close-up of a bright yellow flower against a blurred background of other flowers and trees

Beautiful bright yellow flower of Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa, I believe), seen this week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#SundayYellow #YellowSunday #YellowFlowers #FlowersOnSunday #SundayFlowers #Stunday