The next Anglesey Flora Group field trip is on Monday 10 August. If you'd like to join us to explore the RSPB owned land around Afon Crigyll please DM me for more details. The opportunity to see Water Chickweed, Water Plantain, Fringed Water-lily & Bur Marigold etc.

Super exciting this week to have a new plant found on #Anglesey Adam the new warden at RSPB Valley Wetlands discovered Water Chickweed, Stellaria aquatica in a part of the reserve that's usually under water. We did a count a few days ago and discovered that there's approx 170 plants #Wildflowerhour

Special access to survey The Skerries this week. Remarkably few species, the majority of cover being Sea Mayweed and Rock Sea-spurrey, with occasional Scarlet Pimpernel and a few Spear-leaved Orache. Fantastic experience especially with seeing the terribly cute Tern chicks. #Wildflowerhour #Anglesey

Our first survey this week was to the RSPB Tern colony on the Inland Sea #Anglesey A lovely chance to explore for saltmarsh plants with the warden Filip. Here's Sea Purslane, Annual Sea-blite, Sea-milkwort & Common Cord-grass #Wildflowerhour

Amazingly there were Orchids #StillFlowering at RSPB Valley Wetlands during our survey there this week #Wildflowerhour

Peak #orchid season at Cors Bodeilio National #Nature Reserve - Epipactis palustris, the marsh helleborine #wildflowerhour #Anglesey #YnysMôn #Fen #wetland #botany #Wales @bsbicymru.bsky.social

Anglesey Flora Group field trip on 14 July to RSPB Valley Wetlands. All welcome to join us, whether you're local or a visitor. DM for full details.

Met this magnificent Beech tree on Anglesey - a real monster. @ancienttreeforum.bsky.social @angleseyfloragroup.bsky.social

Still stunning displays of #Orchids at Aberffraw Dunes today. Marsh Helleborine, Centaury, Eyebright, Biting Stonecrop, Early Marsh-orchid & colour variations of Pyramidal Orchids #Wildflowerhour #Anglesey

Wellies definitely needed for this week's field trip to one of the #Anglesey Fens. Marsh Cinquefoil, Fly Orchid, Round-Leaved Sundew, Water Plantain,Common Twayblade & Zigzag Clover #Wildflowerhour

My favourite find from yesterday's @angleseyfloragroup.bsky.social survey at RAF Valley #Anglesey Gorgeous Kidney Vetch #Wildflowerhour

A privilege to be able to survey around the airfield at RAF Valley #Anglesey yesterday. Some superb wildflowers growing so close to the runway. #Wildflowerhour

We have two upcoming field trips over the next week. One at a fantastic 'private' location that botanists usually can't access & the other at an #Anglesey fen to look for Orchids. Locals and visitors welcome. Get in touch for more details if you'd like to join us.

Today on Tywyn Aberffraw #Anglesey I found lots of Bulbous Buttercup plus a few Meadow Buttercups #ButtercupChallenge #Wildflowerhour

A sure winner if there was a 'Whispy White' category #WildFlowerShow #Wildflowerhour Taken on Cymyran beach #Anglesey today

There's been some erosion on the Crigyll estuary but this brave little clump of Bird's-foot Trefoil has managed to cling on looking like a hanging basket on the sand bank #WildFlowerShow #Wildflowerhour

Teeny tiny Sea Milkwort an entry for 'Miniatures' category #WildFlowerShow #Wildflowerhour

Perfect week for #Wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge with the Northern Marsh-orchids now full flourish in my #Anglesey meadow. Last year I counted 350, think there's going to be far more this year.

#orchidchallenge for #wildflowerhour A late Early Purple Orchid, a freshly emerging Common Spotted Orchid and two Heath Spotted Orchids from Anglesey.

After 40 years of botany I finally became a rock-rose completist with these Spotted Rock-rose on Anglesey. A bonus Sphaerophoria scripta hoverfly joined in.I didn't recognise this as Spotted Rock-rose until I looked closely. The spots can be almost invisible to the untrained eye. #wildflowerhour

Gorgeous early morning sunlight on these stars of maritime grassland on Anglesey. Bird's-foot Trefoil, Thrift, Sea Campion and Buck's-horn Plantain. #wildflowerhour

Early-purple Orchids, Orchis mascula found on Anglesey Flora Group survey of a local churchyard. #OrchidChallenge #WildflowerHour

Sea Radish making a brash entry for #WildFlowerShow Thinking it could win 'Widest Plant' #Wildflowerhour

The next Anglesey Flora Group field meeting is on Thursday 7 May to Clegir Mawr a 38 acre former landfill site now a SSSI. Everyone welcome whether you're local or visiting #Anglesey Contact me direct for further details if you'd like to attend. Photo is from our 2022 visit to the site.

Thrift, Armeria maritima, at Rhoscolyn Head #Anglesey this week #Wildflowerhour

Stunning displays of Spring Squill on the coast at Bwa Du near Rhoscolyn this week #Anglesey #Wildflowerhour

A colourful selection from today's walk on Aberffraw dunes #Anglesey Common dog-violet, Heath dog-violet, Cuckoo flower, Mouse-ear Hawkweed & Milkwort. Lots of Orchid's with flowerbuds just starting to peep out from their rosettes. #Wildflowerhour

There are wildflowers everwhere atm! Here's a sample of some seen on a local Anglesey walk this week: Celandine, wood anemone, wild garlic, wild cherry, red campion, iris (not quite in bloom), common dog violets (x2), honesty, & blue(& varie-coloured )bells, & comfrey #wildflowerhour

There were so many hedgerow plants & flowers along the Anglesey lanes today, I had to make a collage for this week's #wildflowerhour #HedgerowChallenge Common vetch, hawthorn blossom, common dog violet, knotted hedge-parsley, red campion, germander speedwell, garlic mustard & cow parsley

I was at RSPB South Stack on Chough nest monitoring training earlier in the week but couldn't stop myself from taking photos of the flowers. Three of my favourites Sea Campion, Thrift and Spring Squill. #Wildflowerhour #Anglesey