A painted lady - Vanessa cardui sunning itself on a hawthorn hedge #Butterfly

Harebell - Campanula rotundifolia a very compact white flowered form growing in parched, acid grassland. #Wildflowerhour

Tormentil - Potentilla erecta still in flower on dry, acid grassland #Wildflowerhour

‘Swifts, swallows and Canada geese’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe What to Look for in Summer, 1960

“On the sands at low tide there are many interesting things to be found. They are not often so close together as in this picture, so some child must have collected these” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Great willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum popping up in the garden pond margin, it must have drifted in on the breeze #wetlandplants #Wildflowerhour

Oxeye daisy- Leucanthemum vulgare flowering after being cut back to the ground around a month ago #Wildflowerhour

Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)

Ladybird endpapers, “Finding nature in towns and cities” (1980) Artist: Christine Owen 'Nature in the Town'

Poppy and Campion ‘Wild Flowers’ (1957) Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder

Common knapweed-Centaurea nigra #StillFlowering in dry, acidic grassland. #Wildflowerhour

'Foxgloves And Finches' by Annie Soudain, contemporary UK printmaker #womensart #summer

Spear thistle-Cirsium vulgare #StillFlowering and providing nectar for a Red tailed and Common carder bumblebees #Wildflowerhour

“The privet bush in blossom” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Phew it’s been so hot lately!This week’s challenge is to find those wild & naturalised plants that are surviving the drought conditions & are #StillFlowering! Share your finds for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm!

Perennial Sow Thistle-Sonchus arvensis popping up in the garden and faring better than many of the garden flowers at the moment. #Wildflowerhour

Common ragwort-Senecio jacobaea complete with a Gatekeeper butterfly, one one the few flowers hanging in there with the drought conditions. #Wildflowerhour

“A couple of starlings with their maturing brood are perched on this roof of stone slabs” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Harvest Mouse (1949) Artist: Septimus Scott

“A kingfisher, like a streak of living sapphire, flashes across the water. He knows better than the fishermen how to catch fish” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Milk thistle-Silybum marianum popping up in ground distributed last year #Wildflowerhour

Hedge bindweed-Calystegia sepium growing on waste ground on a sunny afternoon for #ClimbingPlants #Wildflowerhour

A wall in the hot, July sun. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe What to Look for in Summer, 1960

‘Robin’ Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton Song Birds, 1974

Meadow cranes-bill - Geranium pratense growing next to the footpath close to home #Wildflowerhour

Hedge bedstraw-Galium mollugo growing in a hedge I laid last winter #Wildflowerhour

Summer storm Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Tansy and Chicory ‘Wild Flowers’ (1957) Artists: Edith Hilder Rowland Hilder

‘The Inquisive Harvest Mouse’ (1949) Artist: PB Hickling

Nipplewort - Lapsana communis with a thick-legged flower beetle for #pollinatorpals #Wildflowerhour