Matted Sea Lavender (Limonium bellidifolium) also in the upper salt marsh at Holme. @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @ians4ad.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Thornham & Holme - Ergot (Claviceps purpurea)? on Marram Grass, Columnar Rust Sp? on Shrubby Sea-blite (Sueda vera), Blow Lugworm (Arenicola marina) & the tall towers of the Sand Mason Worm (Lanice conchilega) @ians4ad.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

A Norfolk speciality - Intermediate Sea Lavender (Limonium intercedens) on the upper salt marsh nestled in amongst the Shrubby sea-blite (Sueda vera) A gorgeous day out with @bramblebotanist.bsky.social & @ians4ad.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

A botanical quartet from Cley Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia), Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) & Gypsywort (Lycopis europaeus) @norfolknats.bsky.social

A quartet from Cley Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava), Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) & Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Aylsham today. Zebra Spider (Saltus scenicus), Green Mesh Web Spider on the Ivy (Nigma walckenerai), Another Bay tree, more Bay psyllids (Trioza alacris) & Large Sow Thistle Aphid? (Uroleucon conchi) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria), Kite-tailed Robberfly (Machismus atricapillus) & Yellow-legged Black (Pachygaster leachii) and a very short video of a Ruby-tailed Wasp cleaning its antenna at the top of this post puffinuspuffinus2026.suckedslant.uk/files/3f5dbd... @norfolknats.bsky.social

Found this little beauty today. A tiny wasp and with the help of of TE from tickspics www.tickspics-macro.com it seems it's Haltichella rufipes. A chalcid wasp. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Bay Sucker Psyllid (Trioza alacris) found on a Bay Tree in Aylsham. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Southrepps Common - The powerful thighs of the Large Flax Flea Beetle (Apthona euphorbiae) give it one mighty jump when disturbed, Marsh Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia densiflora), Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) & Marsh Lousewort (Pedicularis palustris), @norfolknats.bsky.social

Welted Thistle (Carduus crispus) down by the Riverside at Colney, @norfolknats.bsky.social

A fascinating few days. Thanks. I look forward to next year.

Alex Prendergast@bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 4w ago

Rubus hindii near Norwich on the final ‘26 day of photographing all Norfolk brambles with @caryocatactes.bsky.social A lovely neat Corylifolii with gently corrugated leaves, a long petiolule and primocanes which turn coral-orange for the winter

Small Scissor Bee (Chelostoma campanularum) enjoying a Harebell or three. @norfolknats.bsky.social

From the Brecks - A spectacular White variety of Greater Knapweed (Centauria scabiosa), Box Elder (Acer negundo) & the tiny Burr Medic (Medicago minima) @norfolknats.bsky.social

A few from tne Brecks Stictoleptura rubra, Pantaloon Bee ♂︎ (Dasypoda hirtirpes), Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) & Broom Treehopper (Gargara genistae) attendrd by ants. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Fine and delicate with a name I've often wondered about. A bit of Botanical history first named in 1500, alas largely lost in the 19th Century but still growing in a Norfolk Allotment. Thorow-wax (the stalk grows through the leaves). Superb. (Bupleurum rotundifolium) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Local Broad-leaved Helleborines (Epipactis helleborine) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Rosa 'Taben Syorin Siro", Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum), Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile versicolor) & Oncotyus viridiflavus @norfolknats.bsky.social

A Hanworth Quartet. Yellow-legged Black (Chrysogaster leachii), A rather elegant Little Snipe Fly ♀︎ (Chrysophilus asiliformis), A Chalcid wasp Sp? (Torymus Sp) and a Brown-footed Leafcutter bee. ? (Megachile versicolor) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Four from Little Plumstead Garden. Jacob's Rod Asphodeline liburnica), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Peacock (Aglais io) and Painted Nomad Bee ♂︎ (Nomada furcata) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Five-banded Weevil-wasp (Cerceris quinquefasciata), Hollyhock Weevil (Rhopalapion longirostra), Large-headed Resin Bee (Heriades truncorum) & just hatching Shield Bugs @norfolknats.bsky.social

Lucky enough too, to see the delightful Broom Hedgehog Aphid (Clenocallis setosa) influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Cten.... Thanks to VB & JB for a glorious day. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Some recent Aphids - Elder Aphids (Aphis sambuci), Holly APhid (Aphis illicis), Pink Tansy Aphid (Metopeurum fuscoviride) & on Field Maple- Dark periphyllus Aphid (Periphyllus obscurus) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Three from Holt Lowes - Least Velvet Ant ♀︎ (Myrmosa atra), Green Tiger Beetle (Cincindela campestris) & a Ground Bug Sp (Trapezonotus Sp)? @norfolknats.bsky.social

What a wonderful environment!

Alex Prendergast@bramblebotanist.bsky.social · last mo.

Nordic Moonwort Botrychium nordicum in lovely lycophyte-rich montane heath in Glen Shee. Frilly divisions, and a shorter stem than lunaria, and GB plants tend to have a lax fertile frond too.

One or two recent odds n ends Minettia longipennis, Matt-backed Melangyna (Melangyna compositarum), Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana) + the trials & tribulations of an Ant dragging a dead spider through the undergrowth. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella), Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), Round-leaved Sundew,(Drosera rotundifolia) & Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) @norfolknats.bsky.social

A tiny little jumping spider from Holt Lowes yesterday. Euophrys frontalis? @norfolknats.bsky.social

Heather Shieldbug (Rhacognathus punctatus), Heather Ladybird (Chilocorus bipustulatus), Large Skipper & Hairy Sand Wasp (Podalonia hirsuta) Dersingham Fen @norfolknats.bsky.social

Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), the delicate strands of Bog Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) clambering over Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomnium palustre) and a sumptuous Round -leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) Dersingham Bog @norfolknats.bsky.social