Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) from yesterday's hike. Part of the only native population in Northumberland, no less! #botany

Sometimes it's the simple things... One from the weekend with a nice duo of Common Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens) and Wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria) on a limestone cliff 🌿

Another day, another outing, this time to the Cheviots. Surpringly, it was the clubmosses that stole the show... Here's both Alpine Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum alpinum) and Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago) looking especially nice 🛘 #botany

I spotted this on a pavement near my house and initially thought it was Spotted Spurge, Euphorbia maculata, a plant which I have been keeping my eye out for. However, I now think it might be E. serpens. If so, that's interesting, as there are only a handful of UK records. bsbi.org/maps/?taxoni...

Stumbled across an apparently well-known population of Hieracium villosum today - a new one for me, and quite the eye-catching little thing. It was definitely shaggy... #botany

A new plant for me on today's @nenature.bsky.social field trip with Wall Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys). Presumably introduced here but quite at home in its limestone quarry. #wildflowers

Some highlights from today's fern fest: Parsley Fern, Beech Fern, Mountain Male-fern, Green Spleenwort, Brittle Bladder-fern, Maidenhair Spleenwort and Northern Buckler-fern (if I am not horribly mistaken) #ferns

One of several potential #Salix hybrids from Teesdale today. Leaning towards Salix x laurina for this one: glaucous undersides and shininess of S. phylicifolia but hairy underneath and with faint raised lines under the bark pointing to S. cinerea. May have bitten off more than I can chew... 😂

Sharing this one for this week’s #WildflowerHour — a spectacular abundance of bog asphodel in a raised bog within my working area #WetlandPlants #InternationalBogDay2026

The undisputed star of the show today: Great Sundew (Drosera anglica). A new one for me, and more than worthy of a quick prod 😂

It was also a pleasure to see White-beak Sedge (Rhynchospora alba) for the first time at Butterburn Flow. A pretty little thing!

Genuinely a little bit in love with the delicate flowers of Bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia). Seen for the first time today on a long-overdue visit to Butterburn Flow, and quite possibly my favourite plant of the day... #wildflowers

My favourite alien find today was this cracker: Hedgehog Clover Trifolium echinatum. New to me. Very few old Hampshire records, exclusively from sites where wool shoddy was used. Another interesting page in the book of Hampshire flora. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

While we're on the subject of moths, I simply had to share this beauty of a Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) spotted yesterday along Hadrian's Wall. Once a familiar sight, they're not one I come across very often these days.

A very welcome visitor to the yarden today when this Hummingbird Hawk-moth dropped in to feed on Tuberous Thistle. It even stayed still long enough for a 📸! #moths

Right back at it with the rapid willow revision during a lovely trip to Hadrian's Wall today... 📸 Salix × multinervis (x2), S. aurita, S. × holosericea, S. cinerea subsp. oleifolia, S. repens and, best of all, S. phylicifolia (at last!). #botany

Orchid season may be drawing to a close, but there are still a few Broad-leaved Helleborines (Epipactis helleborine) to be found in scrubby corners locally. The variation in their flowers never ceases to surprise me! #wildflowers

The eBook of our new #BSBIHandbook 'Whitebeams, Rowans and Service Trees of Britain and Ireland' is out now & it's only £10 (print book RRP = £35). 282 pages long & covers 68 taxa, all of which will be there on your phone/PC/laptop once you buy this eBook! Lead author is BSBI Sorbus expert Tim Rich.

A slightly ragged but very welcome Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus) today at @nenature.bsky.social Gosforth Nature Reserve. My first in yonks! 🦋 #butterflies

A big old patch of Parsley Fern (Cryptogramma crispa) growing on a Cheviot hillside. Most of the plants we saw had be scorched but this one appeared quite happy! #ferns 🌿

A busy pair of Small Copper and Bilberry Bumblebee from yesterday's Cheviot walk. The best of a momentary detour into inverts! 👀

Back at it with the #Salix this morning with lots of lovely Dark-leaved Willow (Salix myrsinifolia) spotted along the Tyne. Hairy undersides, hairy twigs, committed to memory... 😆

A few goodies from a fab field trip exploring the 'North Tyne bank assemblage'. Clustered Bellflower, Dyer's Greenweed, Wild Basil & Northern Bedstraw were perhaps the highlights among a great cast of plants. #wildflowers

How excited I was to find Oreopteris limbosperma/lemon-scented fern from a damp heathy grassland in Cor na Muclach, Co. Louth! This is the first record of this fern from this area since Praeger’s record in 1887! It really did smell like lemons… @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Fear I've gone down a bit of a Salix rabbit hole in the last few days! Practice makes perfect... 😬 📸 S. x calodendron, x holosericea, aurita, x reichardtii, cinerea subsp. oleifolia (x2), viminalis, alba and purpurea. A few others are still vexing me...

A lovely double-act of Dune (Epipactis dunensis) and Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) from the edge of Newcastle today. The former isn't having an especially good year, but still a few to be found. #urbanflora

With warmer temperatures forecast for the end of the week hopefully you’ll appreciate a watery theme for this week’s challenge! Find wild or naturalised aquatic plants in bloom and share for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #AquaticPlants 💦🌱

A few other nice ferns spotted on this afternoon's plod about: Oak Fern, Beech Fern, Lemon-scented Fern & Borrer's Male-fern. #ferns

Spent a delightful day delivering a fern ID session for @nenature.bsky.social. We covered 16 species over the course of the day, but the highlight had to be Lobed Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes subsp. pachyrachis) 🌿 #ferns

Alpine Pennycress Noccaea caerulescens in Teesdale, on open ground maintained by toxicity following lead mining.