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Lyn Edmonds

@edmondslyn.bsky.social

Wildflowers; Nature; Genealogy; Retired Clinical Librarian; Wife, Mum, Grandma; Photos with mobile phone; WW1 - also posts @aftwf1418.bsky.social

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 9h ago

A male Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum resting on a Yew hedge in Cambridgeshire 💙 #InsectThursday #Damselflies @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Close-up of a Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum resting vertically on a green Yew hedge; it has blue eyes and its wings are held along its blue and black striped body

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · yesterday

A tired-looking rose in our garden today #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling

A rose in full bloom against a lightly blurred background of green leaves, with part of a brick wall at the top and on the left

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Two views of an Acer pseudoplatanus (known as Sycamore in the UK and as Sycamore Maple in the USA), with its winged seeds developing; seen recently in Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridgeshire #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday @cambridgeppf.bsky.social

A large mature tree with several substantial thick trunks, surrounded by sparse ground vegetation including leaf litter and scattered fallen twigs and beyond there is a dried grassy meadow with other trees in the background

Another view of a large mature tree with several substantial thick trunks, surrounded by sparse ground vegetation including leaf litter and scattered fallen twigs and beyond there is a dried grassy meadow with other trees in the background

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 3d ago

Close-up of the pretty flowers of Common Vervain, Verbena officinalis; seen this week in landlocked Cambridgeshire #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a small flower spike of tiny, 5-petalled pale purple flowers, against a blurred green background

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 4d ago

A solitary Creeping Cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans still shining brightly despite the lack of rain 💛 #SundayYellow #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour

Close-up of a small bright yellow flower with five petals that each have a slight notch at the tip, surrounded by grasses and leaves

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lurking in the shadows, two shiny black berries of a dark and highly poisonous wildflower, Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna for this week's #AlphabetChallenge; seen yesterday in Cambridge 🖤 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark #WildFlowerHour

Close-up of two shiny black berries of the highly poisonous Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna, each surrounded by its out-turned sepals on a branching stem with a few leaves, against a lightly blurred hedge in the background

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last wk.

A rather fortunate wildflower find on Monday, given that the #AlphabetChallenge is #WeekDforDark and this is the first time I've spotted Dark Mullein this year #WildFlowerHour

Close-up of a flowering spike of a plant called Dark Mullein featuring small flowers with bright yellow petals and distinctive purple-hairy stamens, against a mainly green blurred background

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last wk.

Hemp Agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum, whose nectar-rich clusters of pink and white flowers are a favourite with butterflies such as this Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus #WetlandPlants #InternationalBogDay2026 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A Holly Blue butterfly, which is pale blue and has black speckles on the underside of its wings is feeding on a cluster of the pink and white flowers of Hemp Agrimony

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last wk.

Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, a tall plant with brightly coloured spikes thriving alongside Hobson's Conduit in Cambridge 💜 #WetlandPlants #InternationalBogDay2026 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Tall flowering plants with upright purple flower spikes stand out and rise above the surrounding wildflowers including some brambles with blackberries; there are trees and shrubs beyond

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last wk.

Gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus, with its tiny white and purple speckled flowers growing in a whorl around its square stem #WetlandPlants #InternationalBogDay2026 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Small white and purple speckled flowers of Gypsywort growing around its square stem, with leaves beneath the flowers

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

A vibrant yellow flowerhead of Corn Marigold, Glebionis segetum 💛 #SundayYellow #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour

Top-down close-up of a bright golden yellow flowerhead with ribbed petals that have one or two notches at their tips, surrounding a darker yellow centre, with a blurred green and brown background

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Curved shadow cast by a large tree branch; seen this week in Cambridge #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves

The base of a large mature tree with a shadow cast by one of the tree's large branches in the foreground; the shadow snakes across the dry grass in an S-shaped pattern. There are other trees and bushes in the distance which are in a roped off area.

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wooden hedgehog, its body crafted from a large log with smaller wooden named stakes used to represent the quills #WoodenWednesday #Woodendsday #Woodcraft 🦔

Close-up of a wooden hedgehog, its body crafted from a large log with smaller wooden named stakes used to represent the quills; it is on the ground which is covered with dry leaves, wood chips, and there are patches of greenery beyond

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

A mature Horse Chestnut tree providing much needed shade along the Backs in Cambridge #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Close-up of a tall straight tree with its branches fully laden with hand-shaped leaves, the canopy casting a shadow around the tree; the tree stands in a grassy area with a narrow path and other trees and shrubs behind

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

A small soft toy Owl perched high up on some railings outside a Cambridge College - obviously wise but hopefully not afraid of the dark 🦉 #OwlishMonday #Cambridge

A small soft toy owl that has been placed on the top bar of some high black metal railings which have pointed finials and behind which are trees and bushes; sunlight filters through the leaves creating patches of light and shadow across the foliage

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

A spike of hairy purple bell-shaped Nettle-leaved Bellflower #StillFlowering in a shady position this week in Cambridgeshire💜 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a spike of small purple bell-shaped flowers with hairy petals and sepals, with leaves to the right and behind the flowers; set against a lightly blurred background of other stems and leaves

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some of this week's wildflower finds from Cambridgeshire: Self-Heal, Yellow Toadflax, Field Bindweed, Green Alkanet, Ragwort, Spear Thistle, Prickly Sow Thistle, Hemp Agrimony, Musk Mallow and Field Scabious #StillFlowering #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A collage of wildflowers, left to right:
Top half: Self-Heal, Yellow Toadflax, Field Bindweed, Green Alkanet, Ragwort and Spear Thistle
Lower half: Prickly Sow Thistle, Hemp Agrimony, Musk Mallow and Field Scabious

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Pretty pink Great Willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum, each flower having 4 notched petals and a prominent white cross-shaped stigma in the centre; #StillFlowering in the heatwave because of its proximity to water 🩷 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a bright pink flower stalk, with one fully open flower with four notched petals and a prominent white cross-shaped stigma in the centre, one other flower is just opening and others are still in bud; its leaves are below the flowers and the background is lightly blurred

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Delighted to have seen what I think was a large Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum foraging vigorously on a Wild Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum; seen yesterday in Cambridge #WildWebsWednesday #Bees #InsectThursday

Close-up of a bee with a black head, short antennae, fluffy gingery brown thorax, a black abdomen and a small white tail feeding on a Wild Teasel flower

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Purple Beech tree, also known as Copper Beech, seen recently in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Close-up of a tall straight tree with its branches fully laden with purple/coppery coloured leaves and casting a shadow around the tree; there is some ivy growing up the tree that stands in a grassy area with patches of vegetation and shrubs behind and to the left is a narrow path that curves into the distance

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

From Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire for the #WildflowerHour #AquaticPlants challenge a Yellow Water Lily, Nuphar lutea seen yesterday in the their lake and Fringed Water Lily, Nymphoides peltata with Common Duckweed, Lemna minor in their pond 💛💚 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Several bright green lily pads floating on the surface of a small lake with dark aquatic vegetation beneath; on the left is a single partially open Yellow Water Lily flower that has risen above the water on a green stem

A selection of floating aquatic plants on a small pond; there are two fully open bright yellow flowers with lightly fringed edges to their petals, some rounded green lily pads and the water's surface is dotted with a dense layer of tiny floating Duckweed plants , with a few thin brown stems or twigs lying across the water

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Some of this week's wildflower finds from Cambridgeshire: Spear Thistle, Wild Marjoram, Common Ragwort, Lady's Bedstraw, Purple Loosestrife, Yarrow, Field Scabious, Hemp Agrimony, Bird's-foot Trefoil and Knapweed #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A collage of wildflowers, left to right:
Top half: Spear Thistle, Wild Marjoram, Common Ragwort, Lady's Bedstraw, Purple Loosestrife and Yarrow
Lower half: Field Scabious, Hemp Agrimony, Bird's-foot Trefoil and Knapweed

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

An old Bodgers sign from Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridgeshire, the home of Cambridge Bodgers and friends, members of the 'Association of Pole-Lathe Turners and Green Woodworkers' #SignsonSunday #WoodenWednesday #Woodendsday #Woodcraft #Bodgers

Close-up of an old weathered wooden sign lying among a pile of cut branches and logs; the sign has the word BODGERS carved into the wood in large, hand-cut letters and it is shaped like an arrow pointing to the right

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Woodland Tobacco Plant, Nicotiana sylvestris dominating the selection of #PavementPlants along a narrow street in Cambridge and looking parched in the heatwave 🤍 #UrbanPlants #UrbanFlora #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers #WhiteFlowers #WildflowerHour #BloomScrolling

A tall plant with long white drooping tubular-shaped flowers growing between a stone wall and an urban pavement on a bright sunny day; the plant has large broad green leaves, some of which look parched

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

So sad - an old, possibly Victorian, black iron gate adorned with decorative scrollwork with signs of rust and wear that has been dumped in a hedgerow and is slowly disappearing behind the foliage #IronworkThursday #ThursGate #lovegates

An old, possibly Victorian, black iron gate adorned with decorative scrollwork but with signs of rust and wear that has been dumped in a hedgerow and is slowly disappearing behind green foliage that is growing around and over it

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Princess Alexandra of Kent®, a bright pink shrub rose bred by David Austin 2007 and named in honour of Princess Alexandra of Kent, herself a keen gardener, seen in Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire 🩷 #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling

Close-up of a rose flower with bright pink coloured petals, surrounded by the green leaves of the shrub and two partially open buds behind it

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last mo.

A delicate soft pink flower of Wild Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus, seen this week in Cambridgeshire #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A single delicate pale pink fully open flower with 5 petals at the top of a thorny stem, with leaves and round green unopened buds below and lightly blurred green foliage in the background

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last mo.

White Bryony, Bryonia dioica, a fairly common but pretty climbing plant with curling tendrils and flowers with green veins on its hairy petals #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a pale green veined flower with hairy petals amongst its own green lobed leaves, with some flowers still in bud and curling tendrils hanging down from its stem

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, although not very high is determined to climb up these tall grasses by wrapping itself around them; its funnel-shaped flowers looking more colourful from the rear #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of two open white funnel-shaped flowers with a hint of pink around their edges, with an unopened bud on the left; the flowers are attached to a slender vine that has twisted around some tall dried grasses

Close-up view of the flowers from the side and slightly from behind, showing the dark pink folds of the 'funnel, the vine and the tall dried grasses

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris with a visiting bee 💛 #SundayYellow #Stunday #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour