Stevie P
@stevieparsons.bsky.social
Mostly orchids, flowers and fungi (with the odd bird and insect thrown in)
The Harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) are tiny this year, but still very beautiful !
Just managed to fit a quick eclipse in before a match at the Emirates !!
Yellow Shell moth (Camptogramma bilineata) attracted to the bedroom light this evening.
Not native but these Mexican Fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus) are now naturalised (and looking beautiful) all along the bank of this Dorset chalk stream. #DaisyFamily #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
There are so many members of the #DaisyFamily to choose from but these Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) are looking their absolute best at the moment ! #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Fork-leaved Sundew (Drosera binata). Native to Australia and New Zealand, but found naturalised in Dorset 6/8/26 #wildflower #sundew
Marsh Gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) in Dorset, quite a bit ahead of last year. 6/8/26. #wildflowers @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
This ‘Chicken of the Woods’ (Laetiporus sulphureus) seemingly unaffected by the drought. Hampshire 4/8/26
This time it really is Sea-holly (Eryngium maritimum) ! #ByTheSea #WildflowerHour 1/8/26 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
This Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum) is one of my favourite individual plants and it seems to be a favourite with pollinators too, like this Green Lacewing (family Chrysopidae) #ByTheSea #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Mostly finished but still some amazing Yellow Horned-poppy (Glaucium flavum) in flower #ByTheSea for #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Still quite a lot in flower #ByTheSea this week on Chesil Beach in Dorset. See ALT text. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
It was difficult to photograph tonight’s lovely full moon. It came up late, and was therefore very bright in a dark sky. I couldn’t decide which picture I liked best… 28/7/26 #moon
I wasn’t expecting to find this Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) high on Eggardon Hill hillfort in Dorset today 28/7/26. #dorset #wildflowers @nationaltrust.org.uk
One of my (many) favourites. Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) on Eggardon Hill in Dorset 28/7/26 #thistle #wildflowers
The flora of a very parched looking Eggardon Hill in Dorset today 28/7/26 See ALT text.
It’s a Raven day 🖤 several juveniles over Eggardon Hill, Dorset 28/7/26
Tiny saprophytic jelly-like fungi on the surface of peat-free compost. Anyone know what it’s called? #fungi
Incredible water-lilies growing wild in the New Forest - both the native White Water-lily (Nymphaea alba) and naturalised cultivated pink Water-lily. #wetlandplants #InternationalBogDay2026 #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
I haven’t been able to get out this weekend, but luckily I spent a few hours in a Hampshire bog earlier in the week ! #wetlandplants #InternationalBogDay2026 #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social See ALT text
A magical and very successful evening, with the kids, ‘hunting’ Nightjars, in the New Forest. We saw one, and heard several !! Mission accomplished. #nightjar www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...
There’s even a drought in Wales 🥵 Dutch Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine var. neerlandica) looking very parched (and unlikely to flower) at Kenfig. #orchid #wildflowers #wales
Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora) - I think. Hatchet Pond, New Forest. Some plants at the edge disturbed by cattle, but mostly underwater and no flowers. #wildflowers #NewForest
